An Implantable Loop Recorder Study of Highly Symptomatic Vasovagal Patients
The Heart Rhythm Observed During a Spontaneous Syncope Is Identical to the Recurrent Syncope But Not Correlated With the Head-Up Tilt Test or Adenosine Triphosphate Test
Jean-Claude Deharo, MD*,*,
Christophe Jego, MD*,
André Lanteaume, MD and
Pierre Djiane, MD*
* Department of Cardiology, University Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France
Department of Mathematics and Biostatistics, University Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France

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Figure 1 Flowchart describing the outcome of the patients and the included and excluded syncopal episodes throughout the study (see text for details). AV = atrioventricular; ILR = implantable loop recorder.
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Figure 2 Nature of the heart rhythm during spontaneous recurrences, in relation to the head-up tilt test (HUT) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) test results.
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