Cardiac event monitor
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A cardiac event monitor is a device used to monitor patients with transient cardiac symptoms.
There are two broad classifications for cardiac event monitors: manual (or dumb) and automatic. Automatic ECG event monitors such have the ability to monitor the patient's ECG and make recordings of abnormal events without requiring patient intervention. Manual ECG event recorders require patient to be symptomatic and to activate the device to record an event; this makes these devices useless whilst, for example, the patient is sleeping.
An example is the transtelephonic cardiac event monitor. This monitor contacts ECG technicians, via telephone, on a regular basis transmitting ECG rhythms for ongoing monitoring. The transtelephonic cardiac event monitor can normally store approximately five "cardiac events" usually lasting 30–60 seconds.
There are two broad classifications for cardiac event monitors: manual (or dumb) and automatic. Automatic ECG event monitors such have the ability to monitor the patient's ECG and make recordings of abnormal events without requiring patient intervention. Manual ECG event recorders require patient to be symptomatic and to activate the device to record an event; this makes these devices useless whilst, for example, the patient is sleeping.
An example is the transtelephonic cardiac event monitor. This monitor contacts ECG technicians, via telephone, on a regular basis transmitting ECG rhythms for ongoing monitoring. The transtelephonic cardiac event monitor can normally store approximately five "cardiac events" usually lasting 30–60 seconds.
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