Presenter: Nishant Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University

Heart failure exacerbations are a leading cause of death and emergency room visits across the world. The current paradigm for evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of heart failure is time- and resource-intensive.  While great advancements have been made in ambulatory cardiovascular rhythm monitoring devices (i.e. iRhythm Zio Patch, AliveCor KardiaMobile, Apple Watch), prevention of heart failure exacerbations requires additional integration of subjective symptoms, weight, and other clinical information to truly understand when early intervention is needed.  In this scenario, we will explore the strengths and limitations of currently available cardiovascular monitoring devices and identify the critical gaps that future devices need to fill to help prevent heart failure exacerbations.  Many of the principles discussed will be cross-applicable to a wide variety of other cardiovascular diseases (i.e., atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, valvular heart disease, etc).