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All is Not Lost: Utilizing Continuous Remote ILR Monitoring to Diagnose Syncope
Author(s) -
HONG PAUL S. G.,
VEASEY RICK A.,
SULKE NEIL
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02662.x
Subject(s) - medicine , syncope (phonology) , implantable loop recorder , accidental , medical emergency , cardiology , intensive care medicine , atrial fibrillation , physics , acoustics
A 63‐year‐old man with frequent unexplained syncope was implanted with a second generation remotely monitored implantable loop recorder for continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring. He had a subsequent syncopal episode and despite accidental destruction of his patient activator, vital ECG data from the event were transmitted wirelessly, enabling a cardiac arrhythmia to be excluded. This case highlights the benefit of remote monitoring in syncope assessment, as well as a transmission system that ensures prompt analysis of the ECG data and therefore rapid optimal patient management. (PACE 2010; 33:763–765)