Utility of in-hospital cardiac remote telemetry in patients with unexplained syncope

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1196-1201

  Benezet Mazuecos, Juan ^a,b   Ibanez, Borja ^a   Rubio, Jose Manuel ^a   Navarro, Felipe ^a   Martín, Edita ^a   Romero, Jose ^a   Farre, Jeronimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac remote telemetry; Diagnosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC REMOTE TELEMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY; BIOASSAY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CORONARY CARE UNITS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 39849103953     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum239     Document Type: Article

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