Key result
Patient-activated home ECG recording devices successfully facilitated symptom-rhythm correlation, aiding in the diagnosis and long-term monitoring of arrhythmias across four clinical cases.
Case Report (n=4)
Patient-owned, activated ECG recording devices can aid in symptom/rhythm correlation for infrequent symptoms, but present specific practical challenges in clinical practice.
Patient-activated recorders may extend monitoring for infrequent symptoms; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostic yield versus established devices.
Capturing symptom/rhythm correlation is crucial in patients who have rhythm-related symptoms. Evolving technology has led from 24 hour and 14 day Holter monitors to now external loop recorders to capture symptom/rhythm correlation. In patients with very infrequent and short-lived symptoms, the only recourse is an implantable recording device. Recently, patient activated recording devices have become available. These have the potential to significantly increase the duration for monitoring symptom/rhythm correlations. We report cases of using such devices to demonstrate some of the uses and challenges of this new ECG recording technology.
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Shurrab et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Arrhythmia (n=4). Patient-owned handheld ECG device was evaluated on Symptom/rhythm correlation. Patient-activated home ECG recording devices successfully facilitated symptom-rhythm correlation, aiding in the diagnosis and long-term monitoring of arrhythmias across four clinical cases.
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