Abstract:
A monitor apparatus for simultaneously monitoring via a telephone communication link electrocardiographic signals of a patient produced as a result of the heart function of the patient, and electrical artifact signals produced as a result of the electrical output of a heart pacer artificially stimulating the heart of the patient. The monitor apparatus includes a transducer adapted to sense both the electrocardiographic signals and the electrical artifact signals of a patient and to process the sensed signals to transmittable signals for transmission over the telephone communication link. The monitor apparatus also includes a receiver adapted to receive the signals transmitted over the telephone communication link and to process the received signals for providing a visual display to an observer of information indicative of the repetition rate of the electrical artifact signals and a recorded read-out indicative of the electrocardiographic signals along with the artifact signals and the time occurrence relationship of the artifact signals with respect to the electrocardiographic signals.