[Smart and simple : Current role of implantables and wearables in daily practice]

Recent developments indeed point towards implantable and wearables, especially smartwatches, as being quite effective and a novel method for screening of arrhythmias in the general population or rhythm monitoring in our patients. The new generation of smart rhythm monitoring devices allows for continuous monitoring and simple real time access to the majority of the data. Therefore, they are well suited to be part of the growing number of so-called remote medicine concepts. Although the technology is not only restricted to smartwatches, single lead ECGs that are portable and phone applications that detect heart rate can serve as event recorders during an episode of symptoms. Furthermore, implanted rhythm monitoring may also communicate with mobile applications to allow more rapid and accurate arrhythmia diagnosis and therapy. The authors aimed to demonstrate and discuss new technical developments focusing on the latest generation of implantables and wearables and their benefit in terms of smart and simple cardiac rhythm monitoring.