The usage and diagnostic yield of the implantable loop-recorder in detection of the mechanism of syncope and in guiding effective antiarrhythmic therapy in older people

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-279

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^b   Maggi, Roberto ^a   Solano, Alberto ^a   Donateo, Paulo ^a   Bottoni, Nicola ^b   Lolli, Gino ^b   Quartieri, Fabio ^b   Croci, Francesco ^a   Oddone, Daniele ^a   Puggioni, Enrico ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arrhythmia; Implantable loop recorder; Pacemaker; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 18144379508     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.02.116     Document Type: Article

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