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Ambulatory pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in advanced heart failure patients
Srikanth Yandrapalli, Anoshia Raza, Sohaib Tariq, Wilbert S Aronow, Department of Cardiology, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States
Author contributions: Yandrapalli S, Raza A, Tariq S and Aronow W identified the current topic, collected relevant literature, and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: Exempt.
Informed consent statement: Not needed due to the non-clinical study design.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors report any conflicts of interest.
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Correspondence to: Wilbert S Aronow, MD, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center, Macy Pavilion, Room 141, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States. wsaronow@aol.com
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Received: July 7, 2016
Peer-review started: July 14, 2016
First decision: September 12, 2016
Revised: September 18, 2016
Accepted: November 16, 2016
Article in press: November 17, 2016
Published online: January 26, 2017
Peer-review started: July 14, 2016
First decision: September 12, 2016
Revised: September 18, 2016
Accepted: November 16, 2016
Article in press: November 17, 2016
Published online: January 26, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Traditional heart failure monitoring methods have failed to accurately and timely identify worsening heart failure. Remote pulmonary artery pressure monitoring via CardioMEMSTM heart failure system identified heart failure exacerbations earlier and more accurately than clinical signs, and timely medical interventions resulted in reduced hospitalizations and mortality. Remote pulmonary artery pressure monitoring appears to have positive clinical implications in patients with mechanical circulatory support.