1 Abbreviations
- AAD:
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= Antiarrhythmic Drug
- AECG:
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= Ambulatory ECG
- AF:
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= Atrial Fibrillation
- AFl:
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= Atrial Flutter
- AMI:
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= Acute Myocardial Infarction
- APB:
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= Atrial Premature Beat
- ARVCM:
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= Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- BRS:
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= Baroreflex Sensitivity
- CAD:
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= Coronary Artery Disease
- CHD:
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= Coronary Heart Disease
- CHF:
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= Congestive Heart Failure
- DCM:
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= Dilatative Cardiomyopathy
- EPS:
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= Electrophysiological Study
- HCM:
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= Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- HOCM:
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= Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
- HRV:
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= Heart-Rate Variability
- HRT:
-
= Heart-Rate Turbulence
- ICD:
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= Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
- LVEF:
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= Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
- LVF:
-
= Left Ventricular Function
- LVH:
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= Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- MB:
-
= Megabyte
- MI:
-
= Myocardial Infarction
- NPV:
-
= Negative Predictive Value
- PPV:
-
= Positive Predictive Value
- PVC:
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= Premature Ventricular Contraction (VPB)
- PWD:
-
= P-Wave Duration
- QTD:
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= QT Dispersion
- QTI:
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= QT Interval
- QTV:
-
= QT (Interval) Variability
- SA-ECG:
-
= Signal-Averaged ECG
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Hombach, V. (2010). 33 Ambulatory Electrocardiogram Monitoring. In: Macfarlane, P.W., van Oosterom, A., Pahlm, O., Kligfield, P., Janse, M., Camm, J. (eds) Comprehensive Electrocardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-046-3_33
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