MORE-CARE Trial to Assess Remote Monitoring Impact on Heart Failure Patients and Healthcare Utilization
More than 22 million people worldwide have heart failure, a chronic condition in which the heart is unable to adequately pump blood throughout the body. Today, Medtronic, Inc. announced the first worldwide enrollments in the MORE-CARE trial, which will compare two disease management strategies for heart failure patients treated with an implantable device for cardiac resynchronization therapy. MORE-CARE aims to demonstrate that remote monitoring of these patients via the Medtronic CareLink Network is superior to in-office visits alone, in terms of clinical effectiveness and healthcare system utilization. [more...]
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