Follow-up of patients with ICD: in-clinic interrogating or remote monitoring?

Remote monitoring systems (RMS) are the necessary attribute of effective ambulatory follow-up of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. Meanwhile, many specialists consider RMS as an addition to traditional in-clinic interrogating. In this research we compared these strategies in patients with ICDs. No differences in verification of leads failure or arrhythmias were shown. Timely notification of a physician about clinical events is an indisputable advantage of RMS.