Key result
Ambulatory ECG reveals frequent cardiac dysrhythmias in healthy older adults, unrelated to lifestyle factors.
Why the study?
The incidence and characteristics of cardiac dysrhythmias in apparently healthy elderly subjects over 60 years were not well defined.
Observational (n=50)
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Common dysrhythmias in healthy elderly warrant interpretive caution; leaves open prognostic value and management implications.
Clee et al. (1979) conducted an observational in Apparently healthy (n=50). 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring was evaluated on Incidence of cardiac dysrhythmias. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory ECG monitoring in 50 healthy subjects over 60 revealed a high incidence of cardiac dysrhythmias that bore no obvious relationship to age, sex, or lifestyle factors.
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