title: Symptom/Rhythm Correlation With Patient Owned Device: Insights Into Practice And Challenges.
abstract: Capturing symptom/rhythm correlation is crucial in patients who have rhythm-related symptoms. Evolving technology has led from 24 hour and 14 day Holter monitors to now external loop recorders to capture symptom/rhythm correlation. In patients with very infrequent and short-lived symptoms, the only recourse is an implantable recording device. Recently, patient activated recording devices have become available. These have the potential to significantly increase the duration for monitoring symptom/rhythm correlations. We report cases of using such devices to demonstrate some of the uses and challenges of this new ECG recording technology.
authors.affiliation: Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Arrhythmia Services, Cardiology Department, An-Najah National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shurrab
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Anatoly
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.affiliation: Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crystal
authors.affiliation: Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Newman
keywords: Ambulatory ECG; Diagnosis; Recording Device; Symptom/Rhythm Correlation