Utility of implantable loop recorder (Reveal Plus®) in the diagnosis of unexplained syncope

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-24

  Lombardi, Federico ^a   Calosso, Ezio ^a   Mascioli, Giosué ^b   Marangoni, Egidio ^c   Donato, Andrea ^d   Rossi, Stefano ^e   Pala, Massimo ^f   Foti, Francesco ^g   Lunati, Maurizio ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c Cardiologia Ospedale di Lodi   (Italy)

^d Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

^e Ospedale di Saronno   (Italy)

^f SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale di Melegnano   (Italy)

^h OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Electrocardiographic monitoring; Epilepsy; Tilt test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; RECORDER; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 12544257274     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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