ELIAS: Early Loop-Recorder in Suspected Arrhythmogenic Syncope

Early Loop-Recorder in Suspected Arrhythmogenic Syncope

This is a prospective, controlled, opened randomized study to evaluate the cost benefit of a primary implantation of a loop recorder versus the conventional diagnostic cascade for syncope most likely due to cardiac arrhythmia.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Two or more episodes of syncope (most likely due to cardiac arrhythmia) of uncertain etiology within the last 12 months or more than one syncope and two presyncopes

Exclusion Criteria:

• Indication for the implantation of a pacemaker
• Indication for the implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
• Cardiac diseases which need intervention (KHK, aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, left ventricular [LV] outflow stenosis, decompensated heart failure)
• Contraindication for a diagnostic procedure requested by the study protocol
• Enrollment in another study
• Circumstances or comorbidities which do not allow enrollment