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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun;32(2):264-268.
doi: 10.1007/s00399-021-00769-0. Epub 2021 May 12.

[The wearable cardioverter defibrillator as diagnostic tool : Case report from remote monitoring daily practice]

[Article in German]
Tobyson Pulickal  1 , Thomas M Helms  2   3 , Christian A Perings  1
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[The wearable cardioverter defibrillator as diagnostic tool : Case report from remote monitoring daily practice]

[Article in German]
Tobyson Pulickal et al. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol. 2021 Jun.

Abstract
in English, German

Telemedical care can point out new applications of already established therapeutics such as a wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) and improve the quality of care for chronically ill patients with heart failure through improved management of data derived from this device. The current case report describes the clinical course of a 71-year-old man, who was treated with a WCD in accordance with the current guidelines until a final decision was made about ICD implantation, after acute cardiac decompensation and lately diagnosed severe decrease of left ventricular function in the context of ischaemic cardiomyopathy. The data collected by the WCD were evaluated in a structured way via a telemedicine centre (TMC) and recurrence of the previously known paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) was discovered. This made it possible to treat the paroxysmal AF, before cardiac decompensation happened again by adjusting the medication and early initiation of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). This case exemplifies the usefulness of structured telemedical intervention, which makes it possible to meaningfully supplement established concepts of patient care, improve existing concepts and significantly improve patient care.

Eine telemedizinische Versorgung kann neue Einsatzmöglichkeiten bereits etablierter Therapeutika wie einer tragbaren Defibrillator-Weste (WCD) ermöglichen und über ein verbessertes Management von hierüber abgeleiteten Vitaldaten die Versorgungsqualität von chronisch kranken Patienten mit Herzinsuffizienz (HI) erhöhen. Im aktuellen Fallbericht wird der klinische Verlauf eines 71 Jahre alten Patienten beschrieben, der nach einer akuten kardialen Dekompensation und neudiagnostizierter hochgradiger Einschränkung der kardialen Pumpfunktion im Rahmen einer ischämischen Kardiomyopathie leitliniengerecht mit einer WCD bis zur endgültigen Entscheidung über eine ICD-Implantation versorgt wurde. Die durch die WCD gesammelten Vitalwerte wurden über ein Telemedizinzentrum (TMZ) strukturiert ausgewertet und hierbei ein Rezidiv des vorbekannten paroxysmalen Vorhofflimmerns (VHF) entdeckt, was vor einer möglichen Dekompensation durch Anpassung der Medikation und frühzeitiger Initiierung einer Pulmonalvenenisolation (PVI) therapiert werden konnte. Dieser Fall zeigt exemplarisch die Sinnhaftigkeit strukturierter telemedizinischer Intervention auf, die es ermöglicht, etablierte Konzepte der Patientenversorgung sinnvoll zu ergänzen, bestehende Konzepte zu optimieren und die Patientenversorgung signifikant zu verbessern.

Keywords: Heart failure; Prognosis improvement; Pulmonary vein isolation; Telemedicine; Wearable defibrillator vest.

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