It’s the Heart That Talks – Cardiac Device Monitoring for Heart Failure

Welcome to Heart Failure Unfiltered, a 3-part podcast series from the Pumping Marvellous Foundation — the UK’s heart failure charity.

In Episode 3: It’s the Heart That Talks, Nick Hartshorne-Evans is joined by Dr Fozia Ahmed, Consultant Cardiologist and patients to explore the future of heart failure care, where cardiac devices don’t just treat the heart… they help predict when it’s in trouble.

Because what if we could act before symptoms even begin?

❤️ Can Your Heart Tell Us It’s Struggling BeforeYou Feel It?

This episode explores how remote monitoring and technologies like TriageHF are changing the way we manage heart failure.

📡 Devices that continuously monitor what’s happening inside the body

📊 Data that can signal deterioration early

⚡ The potential to prevent hospital admissions before they happen

This isn’t science fiction.

It’s happening now.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

How cardiac devices collect and transmit data from inside the body

What remote monitoring actually means for people living with heart failure

What the TriageHF algorithm is — explained simply

What a “high-risk alert” looks like and how early it can detect deterioration

Whether this technology can reduce hospital admissions

What happens in the system when an alert is triggered

The balance between reassurance and anxiety for patients being monitored

The role of AI and predictive care in the future of heart failure

⚡ Why This Matters

Heart failure is one of the biggest pressures facing the NHS.

But what if:

We could detect deterioration earlier?

We could intervene before crisis?

We could shift from reactive care… to proactive care?

Remote monitoring has the potential to:

✔ Improve patient outcomes

✔ Reduce emergency admissions

✔ Support more personalised, connected care

But we’re not fully there yet.

🧭 The Bigger Questions

This episode doesn’t just explore technology — it challenges the system:

Are we using this innovation to its full potential?

What’s stopping wider adoption across the NHS?

How do we ensure this doesn’t widen health inequalities?

Could patients one day access and understand their own data in real time?

🎙️ Patient Voice Matters

How does it feel to be monitored remotely?

For some, it’s reassurance.

For others, it raises questions

This episode brings the patient voice into the future of care — because technology must work *for people*, not just the system.

🧠 Who This Episode Is For

People living with heart failure

Patients with ICD, CRT-P or CRT-D devices

Healthcare professionals and cardiology teams

NHS leaders and commissioners

Anyone interested in the future of digital health and AI in care

📣 About the Pumping Marvellous Foundation

We exist to make heart failure understandable, manageable,and less frightening. By amplifying patient voice and working alongside the NHS, we aim to improve outcomes, experience, and system change.

Visit https://pumpingmarvellous.org or https://beathf.org.uk for further information.

🔔 End of Series – Stay Connected

This is Episode 3 of our cardiac devices series.

👉 Episode 1: What are ICD, CRT-P & CRT-D?

👉 Episode 2: Life After the Implant

Subscribe for more honest, patient-led conversations about heart failure.

💬 Join the Conversation

Would you feel reassured being monitored remotely?

Or would it make you anxious?

Share your thoughts — your perspective matters.