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. 1980 Jan;43(1):37–41. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.1.37

Controlled study of 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in patients with transient neurological symptoms.

L M Luxon, A Crowther, M J Harrison, D J Coltart
PMCID: PMC490458  PMID: 7354354

Abstract

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.

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