Intermittent short ECG recording is more effective than 24-hour Holter ECG in detection of arrhythmias

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hendrikx, Tijn ^a   Rosenqvist, Mårten ^b   Wester, Per ^a   Sandström, Herbert ^a   Hörnsten, Rolf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; Holter ECG; Intermittent ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING DEVICE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS ARREST; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899699551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-41     Document Type: Article

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