First experience with a Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) system for the diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmia.
Recently, a mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry (MCOT) system has become available that monitors the electrocardiogram continuously, recognizes arrhythmias automatically, and transmits abnormal rhythms instantaneously. MCOT does not require activation by the patient. We report data from the first 100 consecutive patients monitored by this new technology.
Joshi
Ajay K
AK
Lankenau Hospital and Institute for Medical Research/Main Line Health Heart Center, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA. ajay.joshi@verizon.net
Kowey
Peter R
PR
Prystowsky
Eric N
EN
Benditt
David G
DG
Cannom
David S
DS
Pratt
Craig M
CM
McNamara
Anna
A
Sangrigoli
Robert M
RM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation