Trial reportCirculation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology2020
Remote Management of Pacemaker Patients With Biennial In-Clinic Evaluation: Continuous Home Monitoring in the Japanese At-Home Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01523704 (Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of the Management of Pacemaker Patients Followed-up Via Home Monitoring vs. Conventional In-Office Follow-up), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of the Management of Pacemaker Patients Followed-up Via Home Monitoring vs. Conventional In-Office Follow-up
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of eHealth Interventions on Quality of Life and Psychological Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS/ACC/AHA Worldwide Practice Update for Telehealth and Arrhythmia Monitoring During and After a Pandemic.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2020Guideline
- HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS/ACC/AHA worldwide practice update for telehealth and arrhythmia monitoring during and after a pandemic.Heart rhythm · 2020Guideline
- Informational letters or postcards to initiate remote monitoring among veterans with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: A randomized, controlled trial.Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE · 2024Trial
- Informational Postcards Increase Engagement with Remote Monitoring Among Veterans with Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Trial
- Alert-driven vs scheduled remote monitoring of implantable cardiac defibrillators: A cost-consequence analysis from the TRUST trial.Heart rhythm · 2023Trial
- Expert Consensus Statement: Committee on Implantable Devices and Committee on Social Issues, Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) Statement on Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Article
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- Utilization and implementation of remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices in Australia and New Zealand: Adoption, workload, and integration challenges.Heart rhythm O2 · 2026Article
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- Comparison Between In-Office Versus Remote Follow-Up Costs in Patients with Pacemakers and Reimbursed Transportation in a Portuguese District Hospital.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Outcomes associated with remote monitoring without in-person evaluations for patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- Impact of Telemedicine on Health Expenditures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Triage-HF Validation in Heart Failure Clinical Practice: Importance of Episode Duration.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Heart rhythm management optimisation of pacemaker recipients using remote monitoring: the HERO registry.Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2025Article
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- Sane Approach to Optimizing the Workload in Remote Monitoring of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2025Article
- Metrics for Evaluating Telemedicine in Randomized Controlled Trials: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Improving Diagnostic Yield for Analyzing Periodic Electrograms in the Remote Detection of Pacemaker Lead Issues.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent expert consensus recommends remote monitoring for cardiac implantable electronic devices, with at least annual in-office follow-up. We studied safety and resource consumption of exclusive remote follow-up (RFU) in pacemaker patients for 2 years.
methodsIn Japan, consecutive pacemaker patients committed to remote monitoring were randomized to either RFU or conventional in-office follow-up (conventional follow-up) at twice yearly intervals. RFU patients were only seen if indicated by remote monitoring. All returned to hospital after 2 years. The primary end point was a composite of death, stroke, or cardiovascular events requiring surgery, and the primary hypothesis was noninferiority with 5% margin.
resultsOf 1274 randomized patients (50.4% female, age 77±10 years), 558 (RFU) and 550 (Conventional follow-up) patients reached either the primary end point or 24 months follow-up. The primary end point occurred in 10.9% and 11.8%, respectively (
conclusionsReplacing periodic in-office follow-ups with remote follow-ups for 2 years in pacemaker patients committed to remote monitoring does not increase the occurrence of major cardiovascular events and reduces resource consumption. Registration: URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT01523704.
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