Usefulness of implantable loop recorders in office-based practice for evaluation of syncope in patients with and without structural heart disease.
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.
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908-0158, USA.
Pamela K
PK
Mason
Mark A
MA
Wood
Daniel B
DB
Reese
John H
JH
Lobban
Mark A
MA
Mitchell
John P
JP
DiMarco
D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*