Utility of patient-activated cardiac event recorders in general clinical practice

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-372

  Zimetbaum, Peter ^a   Kim, Kelly Y ^a   Ho, Kalon K L ^a   Zebede, Joseph ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a   Goldberger, Ary L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0031043269     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00766-7     Document Type: Article

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