Sensing issues related to the clinical use of implantable loop recorders

Europace

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-148

  Chrysostomakis, S I ^a   Klapsinos, N C ^a   Simantirakis, E N ^a   Marketou, M E ^a   Kambouraki, D C ^a   Vardas, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Insertable loop recorder; Sensitivity; Undersensing; Unexplained syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECORDER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITTING; STANDARD; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037378640     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0301     Document Type: Article

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