TY  - JOUR
T1  - AUtomatic detection and recording of cardiac arrhythmias
AU  - Haber E
Y1  - 1959/08/08
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1959.03010150026007
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1782
EP  - 1785
VL  - 170
IS  - 15
N2  - The cardiac monitor here described is a portable instrument used in connection with a standard electrocardiograph. From this source the monitor receives impulses which are amplified and interpreted, actuate the recording mechanism, cause an alarm to sound, and can, optionally, start up an electrical cardiac stimulator. Five cases illustrate its operation in patients with episodes of ventricular asystole, asymptomatic changes in intraventricular conduction, a paroxysm of bigeminal rhythm, an episode of extreme nodal bradycardia, and bouts of asymptomatic paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. In a sixth patient the instrument recorded a sudden change from a sinus rhythm at 65 to a nodal rhythm at 80 beats per minute. This sort of continuous monitoring has evident advantages over intermittent observation.
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1959.03010150026007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010150026007
ER  -