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Artifacts are defined as electrocardiographic signals that are due to sources other than the electrical activity of the heart. They are most commonly encountered during prolonged electrocardiographic monitoring.
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Bonelli, P., Giannini, I., Guidotti, G. (2019). Pitfalls and Errors of the ECG and Monitoring Systems Recording. In: Capucci, A. (eds) New Concepts in ECG Interpretation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91677-4_17
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