Why the study?
Do patient-activated transtelephonic electrocardiographic event monitors improve detection of supraventricular tachycardia in children and adolescents with suspected arrhythmias?
Population
495 children and adolescents with suspected arrhythmias. Excluded: pacemakers, known arrhythmias, or age >18…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 to 108 months (mean: 32 +/- 25; median: 26)
Authors
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May support ruling out SVT via TTM in children with palpitations; leaves open utility for other symptoms and needs prospective validation.
Do patient-activated transtelephonic electrocardiographic event monitors improve detection of supraventricular tachycardia in children and adolescents with suspected arrhythmias?
Transtelephonic electrocardiographic monitors are highly sensitive and have a high negative predictive value for detecting SVT in children with palpitations, but are not useful for isolated chest pain or syncope.
Saarel et al. (2004) studied this question.
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