Incidence, diagnostic yield and safety of the implantable loop-recorder to detect the mechanism of syncope in patients with and without structural heart disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1116-1119

  Solano, Alberto ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^b   Maggi, Roberto ^a   Donateo, Paolo ^a   Bottoni, Nicola ^b   Lolli, Gino ^b   Tomasi, Corrado ^b   Croci, Francesco ^a   Oddone, Daniele ^a   Puggioni, Enrico ^a   Brignole, Michele ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera S Maria Nuova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Implantable loop recorder; Pacemaker; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BYPASS SURGERY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS ARREST; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 3042586620     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.05.013     Document Type: Article

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