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by Gerald F. Fletcher, 170 pp, with illus, $19.50, Mt Kisco, NY, Futura Publishing Co, 1979.

Alfred Pick, MD, Reviewer
Michael Reese Hospital Cardiovascular Institute Chicago

JAMA. 1979;242(4):373-374.

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The purpose of this monograph is, according to the author's preface, "to present to the medical reader in a practical and usable format" the role of ambulatory electrocardiography in the framework of clinical cardiologic diagnostic. After a review of the extensive literature on the topic, various known methodologies and technical aspects are discussed, their advantages and pitfalls are pointed out, and indications for application of the method under various clinical conditions are enumerated and tabulated. In this survey the author has succeeded. However, if the illustrations are samples of his own experience with 1688 records, he has failed to demonstrate the usefulness of the technique and its place in registration of the cardiac irregularities, which do or do not require specific attention and management. Apart from the poor quality of most of these records, most stunning is the misinterpretation of many of them. For instance, in chapter 2, Fig 11 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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