Holter monitoring at Tygerberg Hospital, 1979-1983--an appraisal.
Over a period of 4 years Holter monitoring was performed on 607 patients in the Division of Cardiology at Tygerberg Hospital. Indications for monitoring were broadly grouped into four categories: (i) evaluation of symptoms suggestive of disorders of cardiac rhythm (210 patients); (ii) evaluation of arrhythmias associated with a specific underlying cardiac condition (139 patients); (iii) evaluation of a previously documented or suspected arrhythmia (233 patients); and (iv) miscellaneous reasons (25 patients). Findings are presented and aspects of Holter monitoring are discussed. Finally, some recommendations for improving the clinical value of our Holter analyses are made.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic