Remote Monitoring in cardiology offers a new lease of hope: Dr. Aparna Jaswal, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
Remote Monitoring: In older patients, heart failure can be fuelled by the presence of existing heart conditions while in a younger population, it is mostly a consequence of myocarditis caused by Covid-19.
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Patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases are at a greater risk of more severe complications arising from Covid-19. At a preliminary level, it may lead to a decrease in heart function. This could be a result of either the systemic inflammatory response to infection or direct viral infection in the heart. The Two Most Common Heart Conditions the virus causes are heart failure and heart arrhythmia. Heart failure can occur due to excessive pressure in the lungs or from heart inflammation known as myocarditis. In older patients, heart failure can be fuelled by the presence of existing heart conditions while in a younger population, it is mostly a consequence of myocarditis caused by Covid-19. Experimental medications such as antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs being repurposed in treating diagnosed patients are also exposing them to risks. Hence, preventing and managing risk factors early on can help in safeguarding yourself.
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It not only allows us to monitor the devices but also assists in monitoring the health of patients especially those suffering from cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure. Remote monitoring allows doctors the benefit to effectively manage their patients and reduces the time taken to detect abnormalities.
The technology also helps in a precise and accurate diagnosis to treat and manage arrhythmias with efficacy. For patients, it provides them with the comfort, flexibility, and security of communicating critical information about their medical condition directly to the electrophysiologist at any time of the day, without seeing them in-person. Patients with remote monitoring devices have a probability of survival that is nearly two and a half times greater than those without it. Heart failure monitoring via these remote monitoring devices has helped patients keep their Heart Health in check without having to Visit the Hospital. Remote monitoring of implantable devices especially offered to patients who have heart failure have resulted in improved morbidity of their disease as well as a reduction in the mortality of patients with heart failure.