Holter monitor

Holter monitor
/hohl"teuhr/
a portable electrocardiograph worn by a patient over an extended period of time to assess the effects on heart function of activities of daily living.
[after Norman J. Holter (born 1914), U.S. physicist, its developer]

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  • Norman Holter — Norman Jefferis Jeff Holter (February 1, 1914, Helena, Montana – July 21, 1983) was an American biophysicist who invented the Holter monitor, a portable device for continuously monitoring the electrical activity of the heart for 24 hours or more …   Wikipedia

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