Remote Monitoring of Permanent Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Remote monitoring of permanent pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators has undergone considerable advances over the past several decades. Advancement of technology has created the ability for remote monitoring of implantable cardiac devices; a device can monitor its own function, record arrhythmias, and transmit data to health care providers without frequent in-office checks, shown to be as safe as in-office interrogation. Remote...