Frequent and prolonged asymptomatic episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation revealed by automatic long-term event recorders in patients with a negative 24-hour Holter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1587-1593

  Roche, Frédéric ^a   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^b   Da Costa, Antoine ^c   Isaaz, Karl ^c   Duverney, David ^a   Pichot, Vincent ^b   Costes, Frédéric ^a   Lacour, Jean René ^d   Barthélémy, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia detection; Automatic cardiac event recorder; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; RECORDER; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036854438     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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