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Ambulatory Arrhythmia Monitoring: Choosing the Right Device

Zimetbaum, Peter, Goldman, Alena·2010·Circulation

Abstract

R emote cardiac telemetry was developed to allow home ECG monitoring of patients with suspected cardiac arrhythmias.It was first introduced by the American biophysicist Norman J. Holter (1914 -1983) in the 1940s.The original Holter monitor was a 75-lb backpack with a reel-to-reel FM tape recorder, analog patient interface electronics, and large batteries.1,2 It could record a single ECG lead for several hours and provided the first opportunity to record and analyze ambulatory ECG data outside a standard hospital or outpatient care setting.The clinical need to monitor outpatients has resulted in advances in technology that now allow us to monitor heart rhythms remotely through a wide variety of devices, including ambulatory external monitors, implantable event recorders, pacemakers, and cardioverter-defibrillators.The rapid expansion of ambulatory monitoring technologies affords the clinician the obvious diagnostic advantage of more comprehensive and real-time data.It also presents the challenge of creating systems to handle and pay for this increased information and the potential liability associated with a continuous data stream.This review focuses on the available technology and factors that guide the choice of monitor.

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  • Extending ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring beyond the traditional 24- to 48-hour duration can improve the diagnostic yield of infrequent arrhythmias.

    “Continuous ECG monitoring longer than the traditional 24to 48-hour duration might improve the diagnostic yield of infrequent arrhythmias.”

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Authors
Zimetbaum, P., & Goldman, A.
Affiliations
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
Venue
Circulation
Published
2010-10-19
Volume
122
Issue
16
Pages
1629-1636
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W1991071650
Cited by
209
References
35
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › ECG Monitoring and Analysis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
Keywords
Holter monitoring, cardiac arrhythmias, electrocardiogram
MeSH terms
Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Electrocardiography, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Pacemaker, Artificial, Electrocardiography, Ambulatory, Defibrillators, Implantable

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