Improved arrhythmia detection in implantable loop recorders

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 928-934

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Bellardine Black, Carissa L ^b   Thomsen, Poul E Bloch ^c   Sutton, Richard ^d   Moya, Angel ^e   Stadler, Robert W ^b   Cao, Jian ^b   Messier, Marc ^b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asystole; Bradyarrhythmia; Implantable loop recorders; Tachyarrhythmia detection algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; EVALUATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SOUND RECORDER; IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 50449087174     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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