Usefulness of the implantable loop recorder in the diagnosis of recurrent syncope of unknown etiology in patients without structural heart disease and negative till test and electrophysiological study;Utilidad del registrador implantable subcutáneo en el diagnóstico del síncope recurrente de etiología no filiada en pacientes sin cardiopatía estructural con test de tabla basculante y estudio electrofisiológico negativos

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 431-442

  Paylos, Jesús M ^a,b   Aguilar Torres, Río ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Arrhythmia; Diagnosis; Insertable loop recorder; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035315934     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(01)76331-2     Document Type: Article

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