Remote Monitoring

Remote cardiac monitoring technologies enable patient health to be tracked outside the clinical setting. It can be used for longer term monitoring to help diagnosis arrhythmias or other cardiac conditions. Remote monitoring also can keep tabs on chronic conditions such as heart failure or hypertension and alert clinicians to worsening symptoms to avoid an acute care episode or hospitalization.

Zio AT mobile cardiac telemetry device

FDA warning letter: iRhythm committed multiple violations, failed to report patient deaths in time

“It is your firm’s responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations administered by FDA,” according to the warning letter. These issues, the agency added, “may be symptomatic of serious problems in your firm’s manufacturing and quality management systems.”

June 7, 2023
Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, explains the key EP takeaways from the 2023 Heart Rhythm Society meeting.

Key takeaways from Heart Rhythm 2023

Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, detailed some of the biggest trends he saw at the three-day event in New Orleans. 

May 26, 2023
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare includes numerous algorithms for electrophysiology (EP). Jagmeet Singh, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and founding director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program and Mass General Hospital, spoke with Cardiovascular Business at Heart Rhythm 2023 to explain how AI is being used in EP. #HRS2023 #HRS #AI

AI gaining popularity in electrophysiology

There are now numerous AI algorithms for electrophysiology. Jagmeet Singh, MD, examined how this advanced technology is being applied.

May 24, 2023
Assert-IQ Abbott ICM

Abbott’s new long-term ICM gains FDA approval

The newly approved device is powered by Bluetooth technology and available with a three- or six-year battery.

May 18, 2023
Samsung galaxy smartwatch showing atrial fibrillation (AFib) alerts

FDA clears AFib alerts for Samsung smartwatches

Samsung's smartwatches, already equipped with ECG technology, will now be able to alert users when signs of an irregular heart rhythm are detected. 

May 8, 2023
Virtual reality VR augmented reality AR review of a cardiac CT in Microsoft booth HIMSS23.

PHOTO GALLERY: Cardiac technologies on display at HIMSS 2023

Click through a series of photos of cardiology-related technologies from the world's largest health IT conference.

May 5, 2023
The Casana Heart Seat Bluetooth-enabled toilet seat can monitor a user’s heart rate and oxygen saturation levels to heal manage cardiac patients remotely at home. Image courtesy of Casana

FDA clears toilet seat-based heart monitor as company targets product launch by end of year

Casana, the company behind the Heart Seat, is now pursuing approvals for additional indications. 

May 3, 2023
E-tattoo chest heart monitor designed by engineers with the University of Texas at Austin

A key step forward: Engineers take wearable ‘e-tattoo’ technology for heart disease to the next level

The new-look device, which captures ECG and seismocardiogram measurements at the same time, is completely wireless and runs on batteries that last up to 40 hours. 

May 2, 2023

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