TEMEO — A novel mobile heart rhythm telemonitoring system

ECG telemonitoring is a relatively new advancement of medical technology which enables distant control of the health status. There is a great research progress in recording, wireless transfer and automatic analysis of ECG signals, but clinical experience with working ECG telemonitoring systems is very limited. We evaluated 60 patients, applying simultaneously standard Holter ECG and a heart rhythm telemonitoring system - TEMEO. Data derived from both types of monitoring systems was compared. Comparison was performed also for TEMEO derived and standard ECGs. We evaluated the level of agreement between Holter ECG derived and TEMEO derived parameters and found high and statistically significant correlation coefficients regarding average, maximal and minimal heart rate, % of time in tachycardia and single supraventricular ectopic beats. We found a very high coincidence rate of 99.3% when TEMEO derived ECGs were compared with standard ECGs.