HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS/ACC/AHA worldwide practice update for telehealth and arrhythmia monitoring during and after a pandemic

Niraj Varma¹, Nassir F Marrouche², Luis Aguinaga³, Christine M Albert⁴, Elena Arbelo⁵, Jong-Il Choi⁶, Mina K Chung¹, Giulio Conte⁷, Lilas Dagher², Laurence M Epstein⁸, Hamid Ghanbari⁹, Janet K Han¹⁰, Hein Heidbuchel¹¹, He Huang¹², Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy¹³, Tachapong Ngarmukos¹⁴, Andrea M Russo¹⁵, Eduardo B Saad¹⁶, Luis C Saenz Morales¹⁷, Kristin E Sandau¹⁸, Arun Raghav M Sridhar¹⁹, Eric C Stecker²⁰, Paul D Varosy²¹

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¹ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
³ Centro Privado de Cardiología, Tucuman, Argentina.
⁴ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Arrhythmia Section, Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacións Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Cardiocentro, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁸ Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
⁹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
¹⁰ VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
¹¹ Antwerp University and University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹² Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
¹³ Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas.
¹⁴ Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁵ Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey.
¹⁶ Hospital Pró-Cardíaco, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁷ CardioInfantil Foundation, Cardiac Institute, Bogota, Colombia.
¹⁸ Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
¹⁹ University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
²⁰ Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
²¹ VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System and University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

PMID: 32535140
PMCID: PMC7289086
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.06.010

Practice Guideline

HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS/ACC/AHA worldwide practice update for telehealth and arrhythmia monitoring during and after a pandemic

Niraj Varma et al. Heart Rhythm. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;17(9):e255-e268.

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.06.010. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
³ Centro Privado de Cardiología, Tucuman, Argentina.
⁴ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Arrhythmia Section, Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacións Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Cardiocentro, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁸ Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
⁹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
¹⁰ VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
¹¹ Antwerp University and University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹² Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
¹³ Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas.
¹⁴ Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁵ Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey.
¹⁶ Hospital Pró-Cardíaco, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁷ CardioInfantil Foundation, Cardiac Institute, Bogota, Colombia.
¹⁸ Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
¹⁹ University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
²⁰ Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
²¹ VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System and University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

PMID: 32535140
PMCID: PMC7289086
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.06.010

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; QT interval; Remote monitoring; Telemedicine.

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Electrocardiogram (ECG) acquisition and transmission using a smartphone-based portable ECG monitor.

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