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Can an er cardiac monitor read a false positive of paired & multifocal pvc's? is it sensitive enough to any movement that would cause that reading?
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Possible: It is possible that movement artifact appear as arrhythmia or pvcs.
Answered 1/1/2014
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Possible: A false positive computer read is possible but human interpretation should easily distinguish legitimate pvcs from artifact.
Answered 1/17/2014
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