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Programming Considerations for Optimal Remote
Monitoring
Table 2. Remote Monitoring System Differences Between
Manufacturers
Manufacturer Abbott Biotronik
Patient-initiated
transmission
Yes No
Recommended distance
from transmitter
<2 meters <2 meters
Real-time intracardiac
electrogram (IEGM) at
remote follow-up
30 seconds 30 seconds
IEGM of arrhythmic
episodes
All memorized All memorized
Provider communication
method
E-mail, Short Message
Service (SMS), fax
E-mail, SMS, fax
Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
and CE (Conformité
Européene) Mark
approved
Yes Yes
Additional features EHR export compatibility;
patient callback feature;
CorVue fluid status alert;
integrated heart failure
website for patients with
both CardioMEMS
(pulmonary artery
pressures) and Abbott
CIED.
EHR export
compatibility; patient
callback feature;
HeartInsight heart failure
monitoring.
is is current as of the publication date of this document and is subject to change
over time.
(cont'd)