Obligatory medical device diagnostics.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG; recording of the electrical activity of the heart muscle).
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics and obligatory medical device diagnostics – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Echocardiography (echo; cardiac ultrasound) – for suspected structural heart disease.
- Long-term ECG – ECG applied over 24 hours for more accurate assessment of cardiac function within the day.
- Intracardiac ECG – here the electrodes of the ECG are advanced into the heart via an arm or leg vein.
