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Experiences from a non-medical, non-catheter laboratory implantable loop recorder (ILR) service

February 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:36 doi:10.5837/bjc.2015.004 Online First

Experiences from a non-medical, non-catheter laboratory implantable loop recorder (ILR) service

Alun Roebuck, Cara Mercer, Joanne Denman, Andrew R Houghton, Richard Andrews

Abstract

Introduction Reveal LINQ™ insertable cardiac monitoring system (Medtronic) This paper describes the development of a non-medical, non-catheter laboratory (cath lab) based implantable loop recorder (ILR) implantation service. The experiences of the team and results from prospective audit. When the service was first envisioned, the Lincolnshire Heart Centre had only one cath lab and was in the process of developing a primary percutaneous angioplasty (PPCI) service for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. As part of the business planning process we scrutinised what services were currently being undertaken where and by whom. We felt that wi

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