Predicting the cause of syncope from clinical history in patients undergoing prolonged monitoring

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-243

  Sud, Sachin ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Diagnosis; Monitoring; Pacemaker; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SOUND RECORDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 58849139326     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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