Utility of cardiac event recorders in diagnosing arrhythmic etiology of palpitations in patients without structural heart disease

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-112

  de Dios Arjona Barrionuevo, Juan ^a   Barón Esquivias, Gonzalo ^a   Núñez Rodríguez, Antonio ^d   Pérez Carrasco, Alfonso ^d   Santana Cabezas, Juan Jesús ^d   Martínez Martínez, Ángel ^a   Cayuela, Aurelio ^d   Cruz Fernández, José María ^e   Burgos Cornejo, José ^a  

^a Universitario de Albacete   (Spain)

^b Cardiplus   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^d Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena ^*

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Palpitations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS RHYTHM; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHILD; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036126164     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(02)76569-X     Document Type: Article

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