A novel cross-sector telemedical approach to detect arrhythmia in primary care patients with palpitations using a patient-activated event recorder.

Background: Patient-activated event recorders (ER) can facilitate diagnosis in unclear palpi-tations, however impact of ER screening on further treatment in clinical routine is unknown. We investigated the feasibility and clinical value of a network-based telemetric monitoring using a patient activated ER.

Methods: The network consisted of 12 general practitioners (GP) and a department of car-diology (DC).