Comparison of patients with syncope with left ventricular dysfunction and negative electrophysiologic testing to cardiac arrest survivors and patients with syncope and preserved left ventricular function and impact of an implantable defibrillator

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Jul 1;90(1):77-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02395-0.

Authors

Paul LeLorier¹, Andrew D Krahn, George J Klein, Raymond Yee, Allan C Skanes

Affiliation

¹ London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 12088789
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02395-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Bradycardia / etiology
Bradycardia / prevention & control
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Arrest / complications*
Heart Arrest / prevention & control
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Prospective Studies
Survivors
Syncope / complications*
Syncope / mortality
Syncope / therapy*
Tachycardia / etiology
Tachycardia / prevention & control
Time
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / mortality
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy*
Ventricular Function, Left