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ABSTRACT
Ambulatory monitoring of electrocardiograms (ECGs)
was facilitated by the introduction of Holter method
in the early '60s. Since this time, many researchs
have been undertaken in order to improve the overall
performances of the recorder and analyser, two unseparated parts of this method.
The principal drawbacks of Holter method are wellknown:
. Recording of ECG is based on the assumption that
the arrhythmia of interest will be occurred in monitoring period.
. Analysis and arrhythmia detection could be processed
only after the monitoring period. This is a timeconsuming and tedious job, and subjected to human
error.
.Process "Recording-Play-back - Analysis - Diagnosis"
takes usually many days.
In this paper, the design of a microprocessor - based
portable recorder will be described. The analysis and
classification of arrhythmia are processed immediately upon their occurrence according to a look-up table, which could be programmed to suitaparticularneed.
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
By refering to the block diagram of this portable
recorder in figure 1, different sections may be distinguished:
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