title: Asystole detected by implantable loop recorders: true or false?
abstract: We report a case of a false asystole detected by an implantable loop recorder a few days after its implantation. In the discussion section we try to give some hints to help cardiac electrophysiologists in distinguish true from false asystoles, in order to avoid unuseful and potentially dangerous implantations of pacemakers.
authors.affiliation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Hussam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorgente
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daleffe
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cappato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
keywords: asystole; implantable loop recorder; pacemaker