Cause of recurrent syncope revealed.

نویسندگان

  • Lieve Van Casteren
  • Hein Heidbüchel
چکیده

Implantable loop recorders (ILRs) allow long-time rhythm monitoring in order to correlate unexplained symptoms with possible arrhythmias. In this case report, we describe a patient with unexplained syncope in which the ILR revealed the cause.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology

دوره 11 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009