The evidence for the implantable loop recorder in patients with inherited arrhythmia syndromes: a review of the literature

Abstract

Risk stratification of patients with inherited arrhythmia syndromes (IASs) can be challenging. Recent guidelines acknowledge a place for considering the implantable loop recorder (ILR) to outrule malignant arrhythmia as a cause of syncope in certain inherited arrhythmia patients who are at low risk of sudden cardiac death. In this comprehensive literature review, we evaluate the available evidence for the use of the ILR in the IASs and in relatives of victims of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.

Keywords: Implantable loop recorders; Inherited arrhythmia syndrome; Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.