title: Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring.
abstract: This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2011 which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you, and interpretation of results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's H ospital, Melbourne, Victoria. alex.mclellan@svhm.org.au
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.forename: Uwais
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mohamed
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000075202:Contraindications; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology