RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Supraventricular tachycardia diagnosed by smartphone ECG
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr-2016-217197
DO 10.1136/bcr-2016-217197
VO 2017
A1 Ariana Tabing
A1 Travis Edward Harrell
A1 Steven Romero
A1 Gregory Francisco
YR 2017
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2016-217197.abstract
AB Diagnosis of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) may be difficult due to its episodic nature, which can be brief and self-limited, limiting the ability for clinicians to diagnose the specific rhythm disorder in a timely manner. We present a case of PSVT, which was unable to be diagnosed through typical evaluation with an event monitor despite several years of symptoms. The patient was ultimately diagnosed using the AliveCor Mobile ECG, a smartphone-based ECG device and application, which he purchased himself and captured a typical atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardia. The patient was then able to email his cardiologist the tracing, which led to an electrophysiology study and successful slow pathway ablation procedure. Smartphone-based technology has the potential to push diagnostic evaluations outside of the healthcare system and empower patients.