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RECORDER-STORER, CARDIAC DATA. AN ELECTRONIC ITEM DESIGNED TO
CONTINUOUSLY RECORD A PATIENT'S ELECTRO- CARDIOGRAM ON MAGNETIC TAPE
UNTIL AN ARRHYTHMIA DEVELOPS. THE ITEM IS A TYPE OF LOOP OR CASSETTE
TAPE RECORDER DESIGNED TO RECORD-ERASE-STORE CARDIAC INFORMATION JUST
PRIOR TO AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA. THE ITEM MAY BE A
SMALL BATTERY OPERATED ITEM CARRIED ON THE BODY BY AN AMBULATORY
PATIENT, OR IT MAY BE A LARGER, MODULAR COMPONENT OF AN INTENSIVE CARE
MONITORING SYSTEM.
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