title: Use of an event recorder in the decision for pacemaker implantation in a child with syncope.
abstract: The use of a patient-triggered and automatic event recorder is documented in a 17-month-old girl presenting with paroxysmal episodes of loss of consciousness. After pacemaker implantation, the paroxysmal attacks disappeared.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  we recommend a more frequent use of the event recorder in the investigation of syncope, especially in small children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Ghent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium. henri.verhaaren@rug.ac.be
authors.forename: Henri A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Verhaaren
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vanakker
authors.forename: Van
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Coster
authors.forename: De
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Katrien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matthys
mesh_terms: D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013575:Syncope / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*