Pacemaker therapy in patients with neurally mediated syncope and documented asystole: Third international study on syncope of uncertain etiology (ISSUE-3): A randomized trial

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2566-2571

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^b   Moya, Angel ^c   Andresen, Dietrich ^d   Blanc, Jean Jacques ^e   Krahn, Andrew D ^f   Wieling, Wouter ^g   Beiras, Xulio ^h   Deharo, Jean Claude ⁱ   Russo, Vitantonio ^j   Tomaino, Marco ^k   Sutton, Richard ^l  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Arcispedale S Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

^e SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

ⁱ TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

^k Ospedale di Bolzano   (Italy)

^l IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

implantable loop recorder; pacemakers; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; ASYSTOLIC NEURALLY MEDIATED SYNCOPE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861583196     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.082313     Document Type: Article

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