Real-Time Ambulatory ECG Does Not Expedite Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ambulatory ECG (AECG) monitoring is pivotal to the diagnosis of arrhythmias and can be performed with near "real-time" notification of abnormalities. There are limited data on the relative benefit of real-time monitoring compared with traditional Holter monitoring.

Methods and results

This is a retrospective observational analysis of University of Utah Health patients who underwent ambulatory ECG studies from 2010 to 2022. The study cohort was stratified by patients with an ambulatory ECG that provides real-time event notification (non-Holter) versus those who do not (Holter). The outcomes were cardiac implantable electronic device procedure, ablation procedure, emergency department/hospitalization visit, and initiation of anticoagulation out to 6 months. We ident

SUBMITTER: Feuerborn M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11935726 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature