Assessing the Effectiveness of Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring for Specific Clinical Indications: Introduction

This introduction and the three essays that follow it examine ambulatory cardiac monitoring for specific clinical indications. They also examine the ways in which evidence from the literature may be synthesized through the framework of decision analysis to guide its appropriate use and identify area...

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Published in:International journal of technology assessment in health care 1993, Vol.9 (1), p.97-101
Main Authors: Adams, Miriam E., Antczak-Bouckoms, Alexia, Frazier, Howard S., Lau, Joseph, Chalmers, Thomas C., Mosteller, Frederick
Format: Article
Language:English
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Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - therapeutic use
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - drug therapy
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Evaluation Studies as Topic
General Essays
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - complications
Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis
Myocardial Ischemia - etiology
Syncope - diagnosis
Technology Assessment, Biomedical
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Summary:This introduction and the three essays that follow it examine ambulatory cardiac monitoring for specific clinical indications. They also examine the ways in which evidence from the literature may be synthesized through the framework of decision analysis to guide its appropriate use and identify areas in which more research is needed. The essays discuss ambulatory cardiac monitoring for evaluation of syncope in the elderly; detection of silent ischemia after a myocardial infarction; and selection of antiarrhythmic drugs for malignant ventricular arrhythmias.
ISSN:0266-4623
1471-6348
DOI:10.1017/S0266462300003068