Implantable loop recorder undersensing mimicking complete heart block

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-213

  Chrysostomakis, S I ^a   Simantirakis, E N ^a   Marketou, M E ^a   Vardas, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complete heart block; Implantable loop recorder; Syncope; Undersensing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECORDER; RECORDING; SYNCOPE; T WAVE;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0036556502     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0229     Document Type: Article

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