Benefit of pacemaker therapy in patients with presumed neurally mediated syncope and documented asystole is greater when tilt test is negative: An analysis from the third international study on syncope of uncertain etiology (ISSUE-3)

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Donateo, Paolo ^a   Tomaino, Marco ^b   Massa, Riccardo ^c   Iori, Matteo ^d   Beiras, Xulio ^e   Moya, Angel ^f   Kus, Teresa ^g   Deharo, Jean Claude ^h   Giuli, Silvia ⁱ   Gentili, Alessandra ⁱ   Sutton, Richard ^j  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Bolzano   (Italy)

^c C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^d Department of Cardiology Arcispedale S Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^g HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Autonomic effect; Baroreflexes; Biological pacemakers; Cardiac; Cardiology; Nervous system; Syncope; Tilt table test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PACEMAKER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TILT TABLE TEST; AGED; AUTONOMIC EFFECT; BAROREFLEXES; BIOLOGICAL PACEMAKERS; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EUROPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC EFFECT; BAROREFLEXES; BIOLOGICAL PACEMAKERS; CARDIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898877322     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001103     Document Type: Article

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