Insertable loop recorder use for detection of intermittent arrhythmias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 657-664

  Krahn, Andrew D ^a,b   Klein, George J ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Loop recorder; Monitoring; Syncope

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MONITORING; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDER; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 2442532587     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00502.x     Document Type: Review

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