PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - L M Luxon AU - A Crowther AU - M J Harrison AU - D J Coltart TI - Controlled study of 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in patients with transient neurological symptoms. AID - 10.1136/jnnp.43.1.37 DP - 1980 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry PG - 37--41 VI - 43 IP - 1 4099 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/1/37.short 4100 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/1/37.full SO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1980 Jan 01; 43 AB - Sixty unselected patients with transient neurological symptoms underwent 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring. Haemodynamically significant arrhythmias were observed in 32% of patients, but in only 3% of an age- and sex-matched control group. Nine patients received specific anti-arrhythmic therapy, which resulted in marked symptomatic improvement in each case. It is argued that 24-hour ECG monitoring is a valuable diagnostic tool in the investigation of transient neurological symptoms.