Ambulatory external electrocardiographic monitoring: Focus on atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1741-1749

  Mittal, Suneet ^a   Movsowitz, Colin ^b   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory; atrial fibrillation; ECG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BIOSENSOR; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONITOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TELEMETRY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TELEMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80054735375     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.07.026     Document Type: Review

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