Prospective, multicentre validation of a simple, patient-operated electrocardiographic system for the detection of arrhythmias and electrocardiographic changes

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1362-1368

  Kaleschke, Gerrit ^a   Hoffmann, Boris ^b   Drewitz, Imke ^b   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^c   Naebauer, Michael ^c   Goette, Andreas ^d   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Kirchhof, Paulus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; ECG; Event recorder; HeartScan; Palpitations; Patient activated; Patient triggered; Syncope

Indexed keywords

12 LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT OPERATED ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349501472     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup262     Document Type: Article

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