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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Electrodiagnosis > Electrocardiography > Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular > Heart Function Tests > Electrocardiography > Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Monitoring, Physiologic > Monitoring, Ambulatory > Electrocardiography, Ambulatory

Preferred term

Electrocardiography, Ambulatory  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Method in which prolonged electrocardiographic recordings are made on a portable tape recorder (Holter-type system) or solid-state device ("real-time" system), while the patient undergoes normal daily activities. It is useful in the diagnosis and management of intermittent cardiac arrhythmias and transient myocardial ischemia.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Ambulatory Electrocardiography
  • Ambulatory Electrocardiography Monitoring
  • Dynamic Electrocardiography
  • Electrocardiography, Dynamic
  • Electrocardiography Monitoring, Ambulatory
  • Monitoring, Ambulatory Electrocardiographic

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Électrocardiographie ambulatoire

    French

  • ECG ambulatoire
  • Électrocardiographie dynamique
  • Monitorage continu de l'électrocardiogramme
  • Surveillance ambulatoire continue de l'électrocardiogramme

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-P0L11PTH-T

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