The utility of implantable loop recorders for diagnosing unexplained syncope in 100 consecutive patients - Five-year, single-center experience

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 313-315

  Inamdar, Vatsal ^a   Mehta, Sanjay ^a   Juang, George ^a   Cohen, Todd ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESYNCOPE; RECORDER; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745742872     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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