Remote electrocardiographic monitoring with a wireless implantable loop recorder: Minimizing the data review burden

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1347-1352

  Arrocha, Alberto ^a   Klein, George J ^b   Benditt, David G ^c   Sutton, Richard ^d   Krahn, Andrew D ^b  

^a Centro Medico Paitillo   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electrophysiology clinical; monitoring; new technology; syncope

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASYSTOLE; AUTOMATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; SCREENING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 78349236575     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02857.x     Document Type: Article

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