Prospective comparison of the diagnostic utility of a standard event monitor versus a "leadless" portable ECG monitor in the evaluation of patients with palpitations

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Scherr, Daniel ^a,b   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Spragg, David D ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambulatory Monitor; Arrhythmias; ECG; Palpitations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 44749089941     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9251-0     Document Type: Article

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