Can the heartscan be used for diagnosis and monitoring of emergencies in general practice?

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-531

  Renier, Walter ^a   Geelen, Mieke ^a   Steverlynck, Lucas ^b   Wauters, Joost ^b   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Verbakel, Jan ^a   Vanbrabant, Peter ^b   Gillet, Jean Bernard ^b   Sabbe, Marc ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UZ Gasthuisberg   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cardiac arrhythmias; Emergencies; Event recorder; Heartscan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HEARTSCAN DEVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BELGIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871688094     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: 03737934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.67.5.2174126     Document Type: Article

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