Abstract
Increased use of ambulatory ECG recordings during the past 15 years has documented a wide range of ventricular arrhythmias which occur in normal apparently healthy subjects as well as those with cardiac disease. In many instances, the clinical relevance of ventricular arrhythmias documented by these recordings and the need for therapy is obvious. However, in many instances the clinical relevance of the recorded arrhythmia is unknown. This is especially true for many of the asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias. In patients with coronary artery disease, the clinical significance of asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias is known but the effect of therapy directed at suppression of the arrhythmia is uncertain. In this chapter we will examine the types of recordings available to characterize ventricular arrhythmias in ambulatory patients and examine the clinical significance of documented arrhythmias.
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Winkle, R.A., Rodriquez, I. (1982). Techniques for Recording and the Clinical Relevance of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Ambulatory Patients. In: Roelandt, J., Hugenholtz, P.G. (eds) Long-Term Ambulatory Electrocardiography. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7570-5_7
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