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Published on: February 28, 2012
Inappropriate asystole detection in early postoperative phase after loop recorder implantation
Miriam Bortnik1, Eraldo Occhetta, Andrea Magnani
1Cardiology Division, Azienda Ospedaliera Maggiore della Carità, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Abstract:
The implantable loop recorder is a useful diagnostic tool for patients with unexplained syncope. The capability to automatically detect and store arrhythmic events, implemented in the last generations of these devices, can further improve the diagnostic yield, but this feature can be compromised by inappropriate detection of false arrhythmias. We herein report the case of a patient in which several inappropriate activations of long-lasting asystole occurred in the two days following the implant, probably because of an intermittently loose contact between the device and subcutaneous tissue for a small pocket haematoma.
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