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SUBMITTER: Meyer ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500442 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meyer Michelle L ML Soliman Elsayed Z EZ Wruck Lisa M LM Mosley Thomas H TH Wagenknecht Lynne E LE Poon Anna K AK Whitsel Eric A EA Alonso Alvaro A Heiss Gerardo G Loehr Laura R LR
Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc 20170106 4
<h4>Background</h4>The purpose of this study was to characterize the repeatability of ectopic beats, defined by premature atrial contractions (PACs) and premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), on ambulatory electrocardiogram (aECG) monitoring and evaluate the effect of length of aECG monitoring on the repeatability estimates.<h4>Methods</h4>This analysis includes 95 randomly selected participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC; 2011-2013). The participants wore a Hol ...[more]