BIOTRONIK, the pioneer in remote monitoring technologies for patients with cardiac devices, announced the launch of the landmark IMPACT Study (The IMPACT of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring Guided Anticoagulation on Stroke Risk in Patients with Implanted ICD and CRT-D devices). The first patient was enrolled at the Thoracic & Cardiovascular Institute in Lansing, MI, USA, which marks the start of this large international, prospective, randomized trial.