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33 Ambulatory Electrocardiogram Monitoring

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Comprehensive Electrocardiology

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1 Abbreviations

AAD:

= Antiarrhythmic Drug

AECG:

= Ambulatory ECG

AF:

= Atrial Fibrillation

AFl:

= Atrial Flutter

AMI:

= Acute Myocardial Infarction

APB:

= Atrial Premature Beat

ARVCM:

= Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

BRS:

= Baroreflex Sensitivity

CAD:

= Coronary Artery Disease

CHD:

= Coronary Heart Disease

CHF:

= Congestive Heart Failure

DCM:

= Dilatative Cardiomyopathy

EPS:

= Electrophysiological Study

HCM:

= Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

HOCM:

= Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

HRV:

= Heart-Rate Variability

HRT:

= Heart-Rate Turbulence

ICD:

= Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator

LVEF:

= Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

LVF:

= Left Ventricular Function

LVH:

= Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

MB:

= Megabyte

MI:

= Myocardial Infarction

NPV:

= Negative Predictive Value

PPV:

= Positive Predictive Value

PVC:

= Premature Ventricular Contraction (VPB)

PWD:

= P-Wave Duration

QTD:

= QT Dispersion

QTI:

= 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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