BACKGROUND The initial management of syncope or presyncope typically involves short-term cardiac monitoring using a Holter monitor. A loop recorder is used to extend the period of monitoring to increase the probability of obtaining a symptom-rhythm correlation. Loop recorders and Holter monitors are both used commonly, but their utility has not been compared prospectively. METHODS Patients wi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent risk factor in ischemic stroke but often remains undetected. We analyzed the value of insertable cardiac event recorder in detection of AF in a 1-year cohort of patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke. METHODS All patients with cryptogenic stroke and eligibility for oral anticoagulation were offered the insertion of a card...

This article describes a simple electronic unit to obtain time-lapse recordings with the use of a common remote-controlled home video cassette recorder, for example a VHS recorder. The electronic unit is a timer to be connected to the remote-control unit. The video cassette recorder itself remains unchanged. Replay of the recorded images speeds up the original process by a factor of 2-100 x or ...

www.digilogicsystems.com The Wideband IF Record & Replay System has been developed using the National Instruments PXI(e) hardware platform and LabVIEW environment. For IF inputs, PXIe 7966R with 5761 adapter is used and for IF outputs, PXIe 5451 module has been used. For the Record & Replay software, various techniques like Digital DownConversion (DDC), Digital UpConversion, Streaming of data a...

Although much research is underway to develop new treatments for postmenopausal hot flashes, it is hindered by a lack of suitable outcome measures. Therefore, the author invented a miniature, ambulatory hot flash recorder. The purpose of this study was to ascertain patient satisfaction with this device. Subjects were 38 postmenopausal women reporting frequent hot flashes. They wore the recorder...

An EPLD based low cost transient recorder of video signal bandwidth (sampling rate 25MHz) is presented. It will be used to record and replay video signals. These video signals are handled by a video processing unit, under construction in a VHDL environment. The main advantage of this self made transient recorder is that the video signal processing device, which is under construction in a VHDL e...