A new study out of Manchester in the U.K. suggests that data from implantable cardiac devices could help health providers predict whether patients are at greater risk of hospitalization or death.
Out of more than 400 people with Medtronic cardiac devices, those with a high-risk score based on cardiac implantable electronic device physiological data had odds of dying that were three times higher than the never-high-risk group, according to the study published in the February issue of EP Europace.
Out of the 60 patients in the group who died, 50 had a high-risk score.
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