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Volume 352:1389-1390 March 31, 2005 Number 13
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A Holter Hazard

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To the Editor: A 52-year-old woman underwent Holter monitoring to evaluate palpitations. She did not report any other symptoms. Physical examination was unremarkable. An electrocardiogram obtained with the patient at rest was normal, with a rate of 90 beats per minute. The Holter monitor showed marked bradycardia throughout the period of monitoring (Figure 1). In the hospital, cardiac monitoring showed a normal rhythm, with the rate between 70 and 100 beats per minute and no pauses or bradycardia. An electrocardiogram obtained by changing the speed of the paper to 100 mm per second reproduced the Holter findings. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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