Diagnostic value of implantable loop recorders in patients with unexplained syncope or palpitations.
Nikola N RadovanovićSiniša U PavlovićBratislav KirćanskiNemanja BrankovićNikola VujadinovićVojislav SajićAna MilašinovićVesna BisenićMirjana ŽivkovićGoran MilašinovićPublished in: Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc (2021)
ILR was able to achieve an etiological diagnosis in 54.1% of patients with unexplained syncope, presyncope, or palpitations suggesting cardiac arrhythmias. In a subgroup of patients with recurrent palpitations, ILR was significantly less diagnostic than in patients with syncope or presyncope. ILR should be implanted beforehand in syncope evaluation process.