Telecardiology: What's new from Italy?

Summary In this report, we concisely describe recent innovations in the field of telemedicine applied to cardiovascular disease management achieved across Italy. Several networks based on pre-hospital triage of acute myocardial infarction by telemedicine electrocardiograms have been currently activated. Telemedicine support was also used for cardiovascular risk prevention and pre-participating screening of young non-competitive athletes, according to recent innovation in the legislative framework of sport medicine. Telemonitoring and telerehabilitation have been used for patients with chronic heart failure and even reimbursed in some regions.