Abstract

BENHAYON, Daniel. Transthoracic impedance monitoring in patients with heart failure. Insuf. card. [online]. 2014, vol.9, n.1, pp.48-52. ISSN 1852-3862.

Patients with congestive heart failure are frequently admitted to the hospital due to episodes of pulmonary congestion. As a strategy to prevent hospitalizations, the patients are closely followed in clinic and are asked to weigh themselves daily. The transthoracic impedance and other physiologic data can be monitored remotely and its use of great help in the management of these patients. The transthoracic impedance, which can be measured by an internal defibrillator, has been proven to be more sensitive than daily weights in predicting heart failure admissions.

Keywords : Impedance (transthoracic); Monitoring; Heart failure; Implantable defibrillators; Cardiac resynchronization.

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