Professor Martin Cowie (Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London [Royal Brompton Hospital], London, UK) joins touchCARDIO at the annual European Heart Rhythm 2019 congress in Lisbon to discuss the latest developments, controversies and advantages of remote cardiac monitoring.
Filmed at EHRA 2019, Lisbon.
Speaker’s Disclosures: Professor Martin Cowie has received consultancy and research support from Abbott, Boston Scientific and Medtronic.
Questions:
1. Please outline the key benefits for patients and healthcare systems of implementing remote cardiac monitoring. (0:14)
2. What remote monitoring technologies are currently in use? (1:10)
3. Are certain conditions particularly suited to remote monitoring? (2:28)
4. How does available evidence support the implementation or increased use of remote monitoring? (0:14)
5. What can be done to strengthen the case for adoption of remote cardiac monitoring, and increase the number of facilities using it? (1:30)
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