Usefulness of implantable loop recorders in office-based practice for evaluation of syncope in patients with and without structural heart disease

Pamela K Mason; Mark A Wood; Daniel B Reese; John H Lobban; Mark A Mitchell; John P DiMarco

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.07.011

Usefulness of implantable loop recorders in office-based practice for evaluation of syncope in patients with and without structural heart disease

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Nov 1;92(9):1127-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.07.011.

Authors

Pamela K Mason¹, Mark A Wood, Daniel B Reese, John H Lobban, Mark A Mitchell, John P DiMarco

Affiliation

¹ University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908-0158, USA.

PMID: 14583373
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.07.011

Abstract

Early use of an implantable loop recorder for evaluating unexplained syncope in an office-based electrophysiology practice is an effective approach in patients with and without structural heart disease. Documentation of rhythm with an implantable loop recorder at the time of symptoms is possible in approximately 50% and 80% of patients in both groups after 1 and 2 years of follow-up, respectively.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Ambulatory Care*
Cardiomyopathies / complications
Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology*
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / instrumentation*
Electrodes, Implanted*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Syncope / etiology
Syncope / physiopathology*