Realtime Remote Programming in Patients Carrying Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Requiring Emergent Reprogramming

Shiqiang Xiong; Jin Li; Lin Tong; Jun Hou; Siqi Yang; Lingyao Qi; Xu Chen; Yan Luo; Zhen Zhang; Hanxiong Liu; Lin Cai

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2022.871425

Realtime Remote Programming in Patients Carrying Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Requiring Emergent Reprogramming

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 May 16:9:871425. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.871425. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shiqiang Xiong¹, Jin Li¹, Lin Tong¹, Jun Hou¹, Siqi Yang¹, Lingyao Qi¹, Xu Chen¹, Yan Luo¹, Zhen Zhang¹, Hanxiong Liu¹, Lin Cai¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

To protect cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) patients with arrhythmia or possible device malfunction, it is important for health care professionals to provide emergent device evaluation and reprogramming. This case series illustrated the clinical application of realtime remote programming in CIED patients requiring emergent in-person evaluation and reprogramming (ChiCTR2100046883 chictr.org). All remote sessions were performed safely and efficiently by remote electrophysiologists without being in the physical presence of a patient. The implementation of realtime remote programming not only largely reduces the response time to urgent events but also greatly helps to minimize personnel exposure to COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: COVID-19; cardiac implantable electronic device; emergent programming; follow-up; in-office evaluation; remote programming; telemedicine.