Limited clinical utility of Holter monitoring in patients with palpitations or altered consciousness: Analysis of 8973 recordings in 7394 patients

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Sulfi, Sreekumar ^a   Balami, Dauda ^a   Sekhri, Neha ^a   Suliman, Abdel ^a   Kapur, Akhil ^b   Archbold, R Andrew ^b   Ranjadayalan, Kulasegaram ^a   Timmis, Adam D ^b  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiography; Diagnostic utility; Holter monitoring; Palpitations; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARROW COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 38449102420     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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