Table 1.
Types of Information that Implanted Devices (Pacemakers, ICDs, Devices for CRT) with Telemonitoring Capabilities could Potentially Provide
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Device information | Battery status and voltage |
| P and R wave amplitudes | |
| Capture thresholds | |
| Lead impedance | |
| Autocapture thresholds | |
| Shock impedance | |
| Information on patients’ heart rhythm/arrhythmias and on device therapies | Heart rate |
| Heart rate variability | |
| Atrial and ventricular electrograms | |
| Percentage atrial pacing | |
| Percentage ventricular pacing | |
| Number of supraventricular tachyarrythmias (AT, AF) | |
| Number of ventricular tachyarrythmias (VT, VF) | |
| Number of non-sustained VTs | |
| Number and outcome of delivered therapies (atrial, ventricular) | |
| Number of aborted therapies (atrial, ventricular) | |
| Electrograms of detected arrhythmias (atrial, ventricular) | |
| Information on patients’ status and hemodynamic condition | Right ventricular dP/dt |
| Right ventricular pressure | |
| Right ventricular impedance | |
| Venous oxygen saturation | |
| Fluid overload | |
| Muscular activity | |
| Ventilation |
AF atrial fibrillation, AT atrial tachycardia, CRT cardiac resynchronization therapy, ICD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia.