Open AccessAsystole Detected by Implantable Loop Recorders: True or False?
Author(s) -
Ali Hussam,
Sorgente Antonio,
Daleffe Elisabetta,
Cappato Riccardo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of noninvasive electrocardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1542-474X
pISSN - 1082-720X
DOI - 10.1111/anec.12135
Subject(s) - asystole , medicine , implantable loop recorder , cardiology , loop (graph theory) , mathematics , combinatorics , atrial fibrillation
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.