Implantable loop recorder for recurrent syncope: Influence of cardiac conduction abnormalities showing up on resting electrocardiogram and of underlying cardiac disease on follow-up developments

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-481

  Pierre, Bertrand ^a,b   Fauchier, Laurent ^a,b   Breard, Guillaume ^a,b   Marie, Olivier ^a,b   Poret, Philippe ^a,b   Babuty, Dominique ^a,b  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Bundle branch block; Cardiac disease; Implantable loop recorder; Sinus arrest; Syncope

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; SINUS ARREST; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; STROKE VOLUME; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 44449179259     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun039     Document Type: Article

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