|
PRO |
CONS |
| NON INVASIVE |
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| Hospital Telemetry |
Accurate, also for asymptomatic events |
Only hospitalized patients |
| Holter ECG |
Easy to use, continuous recording, also for asymptomatic events |
Short monitoring |
| Event Recorder |
Longer monitoring Rhythm-symptoms correlation |
Not for asymptomatic events Requires patient’s trigger |
| INVASIVE |
|
|
| Implantable Loop Recorder |
Long periods of monitoring Remote monitoring Asymptomatic events |
Expensive and invasive False negative and positive Does not offer therapy |
| Pacemakers and Defibrillators |
Asymptomatic events
Also therapeutic |
Only if therapeutic indication Expensive and invasive Complications |
