IN-TIME shows equal benefit of home telemonitoring in ICD and CRT-D patients
ICD patients and CRT-D patients benefit to an almost equivalent extent from home telemonitoring
Athens, 19 May 2014: Home telemonitoring is equally effective in ICD and CRT-D patients, a subanalysis of the IN-TIME trial has shown. The findings were presented for the first time today at the Heart Failure Congress 2014, held 17-20 May in Athens, Greece. The Congress is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.
The prospective IN-TIME multicentre trial included 664 patients with chronic heart failure, class II or III New York Heart Association (NYHA) symptoms and left ventricular ejection fraction END