Use of an implantable loop recorder to increase the diagnostic yield in unexplained syncope: Results from the PICTURE registry

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-269

  Edvardsson, Nils ^a   Frykman, Viveka ^b   Van Mechelen, Rob ^c   Mitro, Peter ^d   Mohii Oskarsson, Afsaneh ^e   Pasqui, Jean Luc ^f   Ramanna, Hemanth ^g   Schwertfeger, Frank ^h   Ventura, Rodolfo ⁱ   Voulgaraki, Despina ^j   Garutti, Claudio ^j   Stolt, Pelle ^k   Linker, Nicholas J ^l  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Division of Cardiology   (Netherlands)

^d L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^g MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^h Klinikum Dahme Spreewald GmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ Hospital Links der Weser   (Germany)

^j MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k Maglia Rotta   (Switzerland)

^l JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cardiac syncope; Guidelines; Implantable loop recorder; Injuries; Reveal; Traumas

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER; INJURY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 79251524247     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq418     Document Type: Article

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