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.
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