title: Insertable loop recorder in unmasking the cause of syncope.
abstract: During the last few years closed loop recorders are being used increasingly in the investigation of unexplained syncope. Our patient had a 5-year history of pre- and syncopal episodes in which the usual invasive and noninvasive tests were nondiagnostic. Finally, a loop recorder was implanted that revealed the cause of the syncope a few days after implantation: a fast, sustained, ventricular tachycardia originating from the right ventricular outflow tract. Loop recorders will undoubtedly contribute toward the decrease in the percentage of undiagnosed syncope cases and possibly to the reduction of the investigation cost.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Simantirakis
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Chrysostomakis
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Manios
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Vardas
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis