Ambulatory electrocardiography: indications and devices

Lessons from ambulatory electrocardiography.

In the 1950s Norman "Jeff' Holter, the American physicist, developed and gave his name to the technique of recording physiological signals from ambulant patients.' Holter monitoring has now come to be synonymous with ambulatory electrocardiography. In hospital practice the term ECG (electrocardiogram) taping is used, often with the prefix 24 hours to indicate the usual duration of the record. A...

Ambulatory electrocardiography in car workers.

A previous study in a car assembly plant showed that production-line workers had a lower incidence rate of heart attacks than executive staff. In the present study some major coronary risk factors and 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiograms were investigated in two age-matched samples of 30 middle-aged men drawn from these occupations. Men with a known history of heart disease were excluded. Comp...

COCATS 4 Task Force 3: Training in Electrocardiography, Ambulatory Electrocardiography, and Exercise Testing.

The writing committee was selected to represent the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and included a cardiovascular training program director, an earlycareer cardiologist, highly experienced members representing both academic and community-based practice settings, and physicians experienced in defining and applying training standards according to the core competencies structure promulgated b...

Task force 2: training in electrocardiography, ambulatory electrocardiography, and exercise testing.

Electrocardiography is the most commonly used diagnostic test in cardiology. Properly interpreted, it contributes significantly to the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac disorders. Importantly, it is essential to the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias and the acute myocardial ischemic syndromes. These 2 conditions account for the majority of cardiac catastrophes. It is appropriatel...

48-hour ambulatory electrocardiography in dynamite workers and controls.