Accurate ECG diagnosis of atrial tachyarrhythmias using quantitative analysis: A prospective diagnostic and cost-effectiveness study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1251-1259

  Krummen, David E ^a,b   Patel, Mitul ^a,b   Nguyen, Hong ^a,b   Ho, Gordon ^a,b   Kazi, Dhruv S ^a,d   Clopton, Paul ^a,b   Holland, Marian C ^b   Greenberg, Scott L ^c   Feld, Gregory K ^a   Faddis, Mitchell N ^c   Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Economic modeling; Electrocardiogram; Focal atrial tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RR INTERVAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249245737     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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