title: Inappropriate asystole detection in early postoperative phase after loop recorder implantation.
abstract: The implantable loop recorder is a useful diagnostic tool for patients with unexplained syncope. The capability to automatically detect and store arrhythmic events, implemented in the last generations of these devices, can further improve the diagnostic yield, but this feature can be compromised by inappropriate detection of false arrhythmias. We herein report the case of a patient in which several inappropriate activations of long-lasting asystole occurred in the two days following the implant, probably because of an intermittently loose contact between the device and subcutaneous tissue for a small pocket haematoma.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Azienda Ospedaliera Maggiore della Carità, 28100 Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bortnik
authors.forename: Eraldo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Occhetta
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Degiovanni
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marino