A Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital physician was the first in the Fort Bend area to use a breakthrough remote monitoring system to treat a patient with heart failure. Board-certified cardiologist Yassir Sonbol, M.D., implanted the new CardioMEMS device, manufactured by Abbott, in a patient’s pulmonary artery via a catheter in a non-invasive procedure. The CardioMEMS unit contains a sensor that wirelessly sends pulmonary artery pressure readings to a secure website where they can be reviewed by the physician remotely, enabling enhanced management of heart failure symptoms and significantly reducing the need for hospitalizations.
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is first in area to use new remote monitoring device for heart failure patients
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