Use of an extended monitoring strategy in patients with problematic syncope

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 406-410

  Krahn, Andrew D ^a,c   Klein, George J ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Takle Newhouse, Teri ^a,b   Norris, Caro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEDTRONIC   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Diagnosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0032943618     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.3.406     Document Type: Article

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