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Diagnostic Yield of External Electrocardiographic Loop Recorders in Patients with Recurrent Syncope and Negative Tilt Table Test by ANDREAS SCHUCHERT; RENKE MAAS; CHRISTINA KRETZSCHMAR; GINA BEHRENS; INGRID KRATZMANN; THOMAS MEINERTZ is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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__External electrocardiographic loop recording permits extended cardiac rhythm monitoring and ECG storage before and after device activation. The purpose of the study was to assess the diagnostic yield of external loop recorders in patients with more than two syncopal events within the last 6 months and a negative tilt table test. Twenty‐four consecutive patients (51 ± 14 years, male n = 9) were enrolled with 3 ± 4 recurrent syncopal events within the last 6 months and no overt structural heart disease. The loop recorder CardioCall continuously records a two‐channel ECG via skin electrodes. When activated, up to 4.5 minutes of the ECG preceding activation is stored. The time between tilt table testing and monitoring was 5 ± 4 weeks. The average monitoring period covered 50 ± 22 days. Recording was either unsuccessful or terminated prematurely in 5 patients. The reasons were skin irritation secondary to the electrodes in two patients, cable damage in one patient, and two patients inadvertently erased the stored data when replacing the batteries. Fourteen patients activated the loop recorder at least once. Symptoms leading to device activation were syncope (n = 1), dizziness (n = 11)
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- Author
- ANDREAS SCHUCHERT; RENKE MAAS; CHRISTINA KRETZSCHMAR; GINA BEHRENS; INGRID KRATZMANN; THOMAS MEINERTZ
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0147-8389)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)