User Manual

CardioNet AECG System
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Contraindications for Use
The CardioNet system is for use on low risk arrhythmia patients and
is contraindicated for use on the following patients:
1) Patients who have a history of sustained ventricular tachycardia or a
documented occurrence of ventricular fibrillation
2) Patients the attending physician thinks will be at risk for ventricular
tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation as indicated by the following:
- A measured ejection fraction (EF) less than 35% with complex
ventricular ectopic activity (> 10 PVCs per hour or repetitive
PVCs)
- Unstable angina defined as chest pain at rest, a new onset of
angina, or a change in existing patterns of angina
- Patients with a recent (< 3 months) myocardial infarction (MI)
- Patients who are candidates for or have had a recent heart
valve surgery
3) Patients who the attending physician thinks should be hospitalized