TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimum duration of transtelephonic ECG monitoring when used for transient symptomatic event detection
AU - Reiffel, James A.
AU - Schulhof, Eva
AU - Joseph, Bruce
AU - Severance, Emily
AU - Wyndus, Patricia
AU - McNamara, Anna
PY - 1991/4
Y1 - 1991/4
N2 - Transtelephonic electrocardiographic monitoring (TTM) has been used for postpacemaker follow-up study, postmyocardial infarction monitoring, and transient symptomatic event detection (TSED). For postpacemaker follow-up study, TTM is continued indefinitely. For postmyocardial infarction monitoring, TTM is continued for 1 year or more. For TSED, the appropriate duration for TTM has not yet been adequately assessed. Accordingly, the authors determined the yield, by week, of TTM for TSED. Five thousand fifty-two patients who made 20,590 calls were analyzed for this investigation. Ninety-five percent of patients making symptomatic calls or making a call in which an arrhythmia was documented did so within 5 weeks. Shorter periods would sacrifice yield, longer periods may not be cost-effective.
AB - Transtelephonic electrocardiographic monitoring (TTM) has been used for postpacemaker follow-up study, postmyocardial infarction monitoring, and transient symptomatic event detection (TSED). For postpacemaker follow-up study, TTM is continued indefinitely. For postmyocardial infarction monitoring, TTM is continued for 1 year or more. For TSED, the appropriate duration for TTM has not yet been adequately assessed. Accordingly, the authors determined the yield, by week, of TTM for TSED. Five thousand fifty-two patients who made 20,590 calls were analyzed for this investigation. Ninety-five percent of patients making symptomatic calls or making a call in which an arrhythmia was documented did so within 5 weeks. Shorter periods would sacrifice yield, longer periods may not be cost-effective.
KW - bradycardia
KW - electrocardiogram
KW - heart block
KW - tachycardia
KW - transtelephonic monitoring
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-0736(91)90007-9
DO - 10.1016/0022-0736(91)90007-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2037817
AN - SCOPUS:0026067015
SN - 0022-0736
VL - 24
SP - 165
EP - 168
JO - Journal of Electrocardiology
JF - Journal of Electrocardiology
IS - 2
ER -