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Author(s): Steven Zweibel , Melissa Trelfa Added: 3 years ago
Continuous outpatient monitoring of a patient’s heart rhythm was initiated in 1949 with the invention of the Holter monitor by Norman J Holter. The early systems were bulky, recorded the heart’s rhythm for 24 or 48 hours onto a tape or cassette, and required that the data be analyzed by a technician after completion of the recording. As technology advanced, smaller devices (event recorders) were… View more