American College Of Cardiology Conference In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Remote monitoring speed: The Medtronic-funded CONNECT study, presented March 15 at the American College of Cardiology annual conference in Atlanta, identified a significant reduction in the time from onset of a device event to a clinical decision with the use of remote monitoring to track implantable defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator events. The median time to decision was 4.6 days in the remotely monitored group compared to 22 days for patients that relied only on office visits. Remotely monitored patients also had fewer office visits and shorter hospitalizations