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Safety and outcome of nurse-led syncope clinics and implantable loop recorder implants
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Eftekhari, Helen, He, Hejie, Lee, James Doug, Paul, Geeta, Zhupaj, Albiona, Lachlan, Thomas, Kuehl, Michael, Dhanjal, Tarv, Panikker, Sandeep, Yusuf, Shamil, Hayat, Sajad and Osman, Faizel (2022) Safety and outcome of nurse-led syncope clinics and implantable loop recorder implants. Heart Rhythm, 19 (3). pp. 443-447. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.11.006 ISSN 1556-3871.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.11.006
Abstract
Background:
Implantable loop recorders (ILRs) are effective in achieving symptom-rhythm correlation. Data on the diagnostic yield of ILRs, on nurse-led syncope clinics, and on nurse-led ILR implants are limited.
Objective:
We evaluated the safety and efficacy of our nurse-led syncope clinic and nurse-led ILR implants.
Methods:
A retrospective study of all consecutive patients undergoing nurse-led ILR implantations was performed between April 2016 and April 2018. Patients were referred from both nurse-led and physician-led clinics. Data were collected on baseline demographic characteristics, referral source, symptom-rhythm correlation, ILR findings, and subsequent changes to management. All ILRs were enrolled into remote monitoring with automatic arrhythmia detection, and all immediate (≤24 hours) ILR implant complications were recorded. Comparisons were made between nurse-led and physician-led clinics and subsequent outcomes.
Results:
A total of 432 patients with an ILR were identified: 164 (38%) from nurse-led and 268 (62%) from physician-led clinics; 200 (46%) were women (mean age 66.5 ± 18.2 years; mean follow-up duration 28.9 ± 9.5 months). Primary ILR indications were syncope (n = 251 [58%]), presyncope (n = 33 [7%]), palpitation (n = 39 [9%]), cryptogenic stroke (n = 78 [18%]), and other reasons (n = 31 [7%]). No immediate ILR implant complications occurred. Overall, 156 patients (36%) had a change in management as a direct result of ILR findings, with no overall differences between nurse-led and physician-led clinics (35% vs 36%; P = .7). More patients had newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in physician-led clinics (15% vs 7%; P = .01), and more patients had pacemaker implants for bradycardia in nurse-led clinics (23% vs 13%; P < .01).
Conclusion:
Nurse-led ILR implantation was safe and effective. Nurse-led syncope clinics achieved good symptom-rhythm correlation with resultant significant changes to management in comparison to physician-led clinics. Larger prospective studies are needed to evaluate their longer-term impact.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Heart Rhythm | ||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
ISSN: | 1556-3871 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 March 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 19 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 443-447 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.11.006 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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