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ホルター シンデンズ ニヨル コウレイシャ フセイミャク ノ ヒョウカ

Characteristics of Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Aged Detected by Holter Monitoring

Japanese (日本語)

神戸大学医療技術短期大学部紀要

3

105-109

神戸大学医療技術短期大学部

1987

2007-11-21

Twenty-four-hour continuous dynamic electrocardiographic monitoring (DCG) is a valuable method for the diagnosis of symptoms related to cardiac arrhy¬thmias. With the increase of the aged population in Japan, the investigation using DCG has become a matter of great importance. The study was performed on 63 patients ranging in age from 60 to 91 years, who were participants in a longitudinal study on aging. All were in-patients and selected at random. It is repored that arrhythmias were detected two to four times more frequently by DCG than by conventional 12 leads ECG. Our DCG studies in the aged populations revealed a high incidence of arrhythmias with the advance of their age. Noted DCG abnormalities in the aged were atrial fibrillation, bundle branch block, premature systole, sick sinus syndrome and ventricular tachycardia which might result in death. Thus, DCG is an expectant and useful tool to investigate the arrhythmia in the aged.

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