Usefulness of 24-h Holter monitoring in patients with unexplained syncope and a high likelihood of arrhythmias

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Sarasin, François P ^a,b   Carballo, David ^a   Slama, Slim ^a   Louis Simonet, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Hôpital Cantonal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

24 h Holter; Arrhythmia; Unexplained syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE;

EID: 18344376186     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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