Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Detecting deceased patients on cardiac device remote monitoring: A case series and management guide for cardiac device services
Authors' conclusion
Detecting a patient death via RM presents unique challenges and considerations for services.
Study context
- Population
- Ambulatory outpatients with implantable cardiac devices (ICDs, pacemakers, implantable loop recorders) whose deaths were detected via remote monitoring (RM)2,014–2023
- Participants
- 28 outpatients
- Outcome
- RM transmissions indicating death
Methodological detailsconsecutive patients
- Consecutive patients
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Death already recognized at RM detection
54%
Ventricular arrhythmia at time of death
82%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Detecting deceased patients on cardiac device remote monitoring: A case series and management guide for cardiac device services. Heart Rhythm. Published 2 December 2023. doi:10.
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