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Find the answer with cardiac monitoring.
The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) recommends insertable loop recorders (insertable cardiac monitors) like Reveal LINQ™ ICM for palpitations for the following indications:
These guidelines represent some of the current common clinical uses of ambulatory ECG.
Class | Recommended Use |
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I |
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IIb |
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Class | Recommended Use |
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IIb |
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Reveal ICM has been shown to be both clinically effective and cost effective when treating palpitations.
Results of the RUP study show:
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ACC/AHA Guidelines for Ambulatory Electrocardiography: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the Guidelines for Ambulatory Electrocardiography). JACC. 1999.
Giada F, et al. Recurrent unexplained palpitations (RUP) study comparison of implantable loop recorder versus conventional diagnostic strategy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007. 49:19:1951-6.