ESC Roundup: Questions Raised About Remote Monitoring Benefits And Preventative ICDs; Medtronic Upgrades CRT Algorithms
Executive Summary
This year's European Society of Cardiology Congress in Rome featured presentations of data from several major clinical trials that may cause cardiologists to rethink some of their established device therapies, including ICDs for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death and remote monitoring of implantable devices in heart-failure patients.
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