Figure 4.
CardioMems device.
Notes: The CardioMems system consists of three entities: (A) a PA sensor used to measure the PA diastolic pressure, (B) a home electronics system which both powers the PA sensor and transmits information to the third part, and (C) a centralized database accessible to a health care provider. Figure A reprinted from Heart Lung Circulation; 21(6–7). Crozier I, Smith W. Modern device technologies. 320–327. Copyright © 2011 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ), with permission from ANZSCTS and CSANZ.57 Figure B – CardioMems™ hospital electronics system: CardioMems and St. Jude Medical are trademarks of St. Jude Medical, LLC or its related companies. Reproduced with permission of St. Jude Medical, ©2017. All rights reserved. Figure C reprinted from Shavelle D, Jermyn R. The CardioMEMS heart failure sensor: a procedural guide for implanting physicians. The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2016;28(7):273–279.58
Abbreviation: PA, pulmonary artery.