Initial experience with an implantable loop recorder in patients with unexplained syncope;Erste erfahrungen uber den diagnostischen nutzen eines implantierbaren langzeit-ereignisrekorders (endless-loop-rekorder, REVEAL(R)) bei patienten mit unklaren synkopen

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-50

  Seidl, K ^a   Breunung, S ^a   Rameken, M ^a   Siemon, G ^a   Schwacke, H ^a   Drogemuller A ^a   Zahn, R ^a   Senges, J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implantable device; Loop recorder; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033621968     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050007     Document Type: Article

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