The subcutaneous implantable Holter. A new tool to diagnose syncope of unknown etiology;El Holter implantable subcutáneo. Un nuevo instrumento para el diagnóstico del síncope de origen no determinado

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 502-505

  Rodríguez García, Jesús ^b   Coma Samartín, Raúl ^a   Sánchez Sánchez, Violeta ^a   Esteve Alderete, Juan José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Cea Bermúdez Primary Health Care Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Event recorder; Holter; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0041470427     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(98)74781-5     Document Type: Article

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