Telemedicine in heart failure

ABSTRACT

Telemedicine has gained immense momentum in heart failure, not least as a result of the Corona pandemic. In symptomatic patients the use of telemonitoring is associated with a reduction in hospital admissions and mortality as well as an improvement in quality of life. Data is acquired either via non-invasive as well as invasive sensors. In the future, in addition to innovations in sensor technology, we can expect to see the use of wearables, complex predictive algorithms that combine a variety of information, and self-learning artificial intelligence. However, a prerequisite for the widespread application of telemedicine in routine clinical practice is the availability of adequate funding.