Clinical value of vectorcardiography, Holter monitoring and quantitative electrocardiology

This a position paper of the Working Group on Electrocardiology, Exercise T esting and Cardiac rehabilitation of the Belgian Society of Cardiology (BSC ), aimed at reassessing the value for the clinical practice of cardiology o f some electrocardiological techniques such as vectorcardiography and Holte r monitoring in the frame of what has been called "quantitative electrocard iology". This official statement issued on behalf of the BSC was deemed necessary be cause of several consecutive attempts to discredit the clinical merits of t hese electrocardiological techniques currently in use in our country. This paper will also reassess the role of quantitative electrocardiology amidst non-invasive diagnostic methods used for cardiac imaging.