Research Article
High Diagnostic Accuracy of Long-Term Electrocardiogram Interpretation by General Practitioners
Table 1
Interpretation of long-term ECG recordings by the ECG247 automatic system, cardiologists, and general practitioners.
| | Case | Duration of the ECG recording (hours) | Automatic system algorithm interpretation | Interpretation by cardiologists | Interpretation by general practitioners () | | Sinus rhythm | Atrial fibrillation/flutter | Ventricular tachycardia | Supraventricular tachycardia | Pause | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | 168 | Sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation | Sinus rhythm with episodes of atrial fibrillation | 32 | 80% | 40 | 100% | 1 | 3% | 1 | 3% | 2 | 5% | | 2 | 45 | Sinus rhythm | Sinus rhythm | 40 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 8% | 0 | 0% | | 3 | 95 | Sinus rhythm and short run of supraventricular tachycardia | Sinus rhythm and short run of supraventricular tachycardia | 39 | 98% | 1 | 3% | 1 | 3% | 33 | 83% | 2 | 5% | | 4 | 13 | Sinus rhythm | Sinus rhythm | 40 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% | | 5 | 235 | Sinus rhythm and short run of ventricular tachycardia | Sinus rhythm | 39 | 98% | 1 | 3% | 31 | 78% | 1 | 3% | 0 | 0% | | 6 | 290 | Sinus rhythm and short run of ventricular tachycardia | Sinus rhythm and short run of ventricular tachycardia | 39 | 98% | 1 | 3% | 38 | 95% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% | | 7 | 220 | Sinus rhythm, supraventricular tachycardia, and atrial fibrillation | Sinus rhythm and supraventricular tachycardia | 35 | 88% | 7 | 18% | 0 | 0% | 34 | 85% | 0 | 0% | | 8 | 143 | Atrial fibrillation | Atrial fibrillation | 5 | 13% | 39 | 98% | 1 | 3% | 1 | 3% | 0 | 0% | | 9 | 96 | Sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation/flutter | Sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation/flutter | 28 | 70% | 35 | 88% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% | 2 | 5% | | 10 | 49 | Sinus rhythm | Sinus rhythm | 39 | 98% | 1 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% |
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