A 52-year-old patient is having a holter monitor applied what information do they need

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A 52-year-old patient is having a holter monitor applied what information do they need

Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2021, Pages 1341-1346

A 52-year-old patient is having a holter monitor applied what information do they need

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Characteristics of Included Studies

Author, YearCountryDesignTotal Observations, NIndicationInterventionComparator (24-Hour Holter)
TypeaEvents, nObservations, nEvents, nObservations, n
Studies of longterm continuous ambulatory ECG monitors
Barrett et al, 20037United StatesCohort (wearing both devices simultaneously)292Palpitations, syncope, dizziness14-day LCEM4114627146
Manina et al, 20128ItalyCohort (wearing both devices sequentially)111Cryptogenic ischemic stroke4-day LCEM291110111
Pastor-Pérez et al, 2010 (1)9SpainCohort (wearing both devices simultaneously)74Stable CHF, non-ischemic stroke7-day LCEM20371337
Pastor-Pérez et al, 2010 (2)9SpainCohort (wearing both devices simultaneously)52Stable CHF, ischemic stroke7-day LCEM1226326
Ritter et al, 201310GermanyCohort (wearing both devices sequentially)120Cryptogenic stroke7-day LCEM160060
Scherr et al, 200811AustriaCohort (wearing both devices sequentially)36Palpitations30-day LCEM1318018
Stahrenberg et al, 201012GermanyCohort (wearing both devices simultaneously)448Cerebral ischemia7-day LCEM2822415224
Studies of external cardiac loop recorders
Jabaudon et al, 200413SwitzerlandCohort (wearing both devices sequentially)176Stroke, TIA7-day ECLR588088
Locati et al, 201314ItalyCohort184Syncope30-day ELR1692092
Mlynarczyk et al, 201515PolandCohort (wearing both devices sequentially)96Palpitations3- to 10- day ECLR33482448
Reiffel et al, 2005 (1)16United StatesCohort1,800Known or suspected dysrhythmias30-day ECLR (patient-triggered20460037600
Reiffel et al, 2005 (2)16United StatesCohort1,800Known or suspected dysrhythmias30-day ECLR (autotriggered26860037600