title: Utility of patient-activated cardiac event recorders in general clinical practice.
abstract: A retrospective study of 729 consecutive patient-activated continuous loop recorders shows that these devices provide useful diagnostic information about the presence or absence of transient arrhythmias in carefully selected patients with certain specific complaints.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zimetbaum
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zebede
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goldberger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis