Comparison of continuous versus intermittent monitoring of atrial arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1445-1452

  Ziegler, Paul D ^a   Koehler, Jodi L ^a   Mehra, Rahul ^a  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Holter monitoring; Monitoring; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845203083     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.07.030     Document Type: Article

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