RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Controlled study of 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in patients with transient neurological symptoms.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 37
OP 41
DO 10.1136/jnnp.43.1.37
VO 43
IS 1
A1 L M Luxon
A1 A Crowther
A1 M J Harrison
A1 D J Coltart
YR 1980
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/1/37.abstract
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.