The diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias: A prospective multi-center randomized study comparing mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry versus standard loop event monitoring

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-247

  Rothman, Steven A ^a,g   Laughlin, James C ^a   Seltzer, Jonathan ^a,f   Walia, Jasjit S ^b   Baman, Rakesh I ^c   Siouffi, Samer Y ^d   Sangrigoli, Robert M ^e   Kowey, Peter R ^a  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c Pottstown Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Doylestown Hospital   (United States)

^f Applied Clinical Intelligence   (United States)

^g Lankenau Medical Office Building East   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Event monitor; Loop recorder; Palpitations; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE CARDIAC OUTPATIENT TELEMETRY; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD LOOP EVENT MONITORING; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARRHYTHMIA; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 33846969843     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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