Background An increasing number of patients with heart failure receive implantable
cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) or cardiac resynchronisation defibrillators (CRT-Ds) with …

Aims Heart failure (HF) results in characteristic signs and symptoms including oedema and
breathing difficulties. Heart failure is particularly suited to telemonitoring, because patients' …

BACKGROUND: Telemonitoring, the use of communication technology to remotely monitor
health status, is an appealing strategy for improving disease management. METHODS AND …

Aim Telemonitoring (TM) is a safe and efficient monitoring system for internal cardioverter
defibrillator device (ICD) recipients. TM has been used to track info on the clinical status of …

Aims Recent increases in heart failure tend to overload the healthcare system.
Consequently, there is a need for innovative strategies to reduce heart failure …

Background Small studies suggest that telemonitoring may improve heart-failure outcomes,
but its effect in a large trial has not been established. Methods We randomly assigned 1653 …

Background This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of telemonitoring (TM) in the
management of patients with heart failure (HF). Methods and Results We searched Ovid …

Aims The aim was to assess the effect of a telemonitoring programme vs. standard care (SC)
in preventing all‐cause deaths or unplanned hospitalisations in heart failure (HF) at 18 …

Aims Telemonitoring modalities in heart failure (HF) have been proposed as being essential
for future organization and transition of HF care, however, efficacy has not been proven. A …

Aims Remote patient management (telemonitoring) may help to detect early signs of cardiac
decompensation, allowing optimization of and adherence to treatments in chronic heart …