The role of remote monitoring in detecting of the defibrillation lead dislocation: case report

Remote monitoring systems of implanted antiarrhythmic devices are becoming a common method of functioning monitoring with the possibility of recording arrhythmias and transmitting data to a doctor, along with routine checks in medical institutions. It is important to inform patients about possible unscheduled visits to the hospital if necessary and to be in touch with them. In the clinical case presented below, the patient did not feel the shock discharge of the implanted cardioverter-defibrillator and did not contact the clinic. The alarm notification received by the doctor and the subsequent analysis of the remote monitoring data made it possible to identify and promptly eliminate the dislocation of the defibrillation lead in a hospital.