Advances in the diagnosis of arrhythmia Holter's ECG
Hayakawa, H.; Saitoh, H.
Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine 54(8): 2085-2090
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-1852 PMID: 8810781 Document Number: 467681
Holter electrocardiography (ECG) is a non-invasive test widely used to evaluate variety of cardiac arrhythmias. The ability to record changing dynamic cardiac electrical phenomena, that often are transient and of brief duration, is the major clinical advantage of Holter ECG. The Holter ECG historically became an important clinical diagnostic tool for the recording of cardiac arrhythmias, but its use has evolved to include signal-averaged ECG and linear or non-linear analysis of heart beat variability. These uses provides insight into the substrate, modulator and the trigger of arrhythmias. This chapter will review the advances in technology and interpretation of Holter ECG recording within the context of its application to cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.