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New devices help monitor heart patients in their homes

23.06.10

On a fresh Monday, Helen Elzo got a call from her doctor's bit. A device implanted in her heart was not functioning. She needed to go toAbove allthe hospital and have it replaced.

In the old days, Elzo, 73, who lives fa Tulsa, Okla., could have gone for months before the difficult was discovered at a routine office stopover.

But she has a new defibrillator that communicates directly with her doctor, sending signals about its functions and setting off alarms if things go wrong.

On the ken is an even smarter heart device, one that detects deterioration in a number of heart functions and tells the patient how to alter medications.

They are smart implantable devices that are transforming the heed of people with heart disease and creating a bonanza for researchers. TheMainlyhope is that the devices, now being tested in clinical trials, will prevent lives, reduce medical expenses and elbow heart patients toward managing their symptoms much the way people with diabetes direct theirs. Patients, who often are frail or function far from their doctors, can be spared frequent business visits. A doctor can learn immediately if aGenerallydevice is malfunctioning or if a patient's heart is starting to disappoint.