Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunities
The second half of the 20th century witnessed a revolution in electronic medicine similar to that in pharmacology in the decades before. The advent of the implantable pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapies, insertable loop recorders and more, have i...
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The second half of the 20th century witnessed a revolution in electronic medicine similar to that in pharmacology in the decades before. The advent of the implantable pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapies, insertable loop recorders and more, have improved diagnoses and reduced mortality and morbidity in millions of patients suffering from cardiac disease. The possibility to monitor patients continually without need for frequent office visits has the potential to reduce follow-up burden on physicians, facilitate increased use of home-based care and further improve the safety for patients. This review summarises the role of cardiac device therapies today and some of the developments which we can hope for in the nearest future.
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| spelling | doaj.art-13730c0fd6dc4f5fa5ec6ee5a2ad05e02022-12-22T03:55:44ZengSMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW)Swiss Medical Weekly1424-39972010-08-01140353610.4414/smw.2010.13052Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunitiesSwiss Medical Weekly The second half of the 20th century witnessed a revolution in electronic medicine similar to that in pharmacology in the decades before. The advent of the implantable pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapies, insertable loop recorders and more, have improved diagnoses and reduced mortality and morbidity in millions of patients suffering from cardiac disease. The possibility to monitor patients continually without need for frequent office visits has the potential to reduce follow-up burden on physicians, facilitate increased use of home-based care and further improve the safety for patients. This review summarises the role of cardiac device therapies today and some of the developments which we can hope for in the nearest future. https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1184cardiac device therapiescardiac resynchronization therapiesimplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorimplantable pacemakerinsertable loop recorders |
| spellingShingle | Swiss Medical Weekly Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunities Swiss Medical Weekly cardiac device therapies cardiac resynchronization therapies implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantable pacemaker insertable loop recorders |
| title | Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunities |
| title_full | Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunities |
| title_short | Electronic cardiac medicine: present and future opportunities |
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| topic | cardiac device therapies cardiac resynchronization therapies implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantable pacemaker insertable loop recorders |
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