Recording of cardiac activity by a portable device which the patient wears for as long as 24 hours.
A portable device for recording and analyzing the electrical activity of the heart over an extended period, usually 24 to 48 hours. Holter monitoring is also known as ambulatory electrocardiography, since it allows continuous recording of the electrical activity of the heart, even as the person being monitored goes about his or her daily tasks. The Holter monitor is particularly useful for detecting heart problems such as an arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) that can come or go and may escape detection in the standard electrocardiogram. Holter monitors are often used to see if dizziness might be related to an arrhythmia. The monitor is also used to assess the effectiveness of medications used to control heart rhythm. A person using a Holter monitor is usually asked to keep a diary of activities and physical symptoms, such as pain or rapid heartbeat, to allow the doctor to relate those events to the recorded electrical patterns of the heart.
A portable device small enough to be worn by a patient during normal activity. It consists of an electrocardiograph and a recording system capable of storing up to 24 hr of the individual’s ECG record. It is particularly useful in obtaining a record of cardiac arrhythmias that would not be discovered by means of an ECG of only a few minutes’ duration. Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring also can be used to diagnose losses of consciousness or palpitations of unclear etiology, to assess episodes of unrecognized myocardial ischemia, and to evaluate how well therapeutic interventions against such illnesses are working.
A diminutive device, commonly affixed to a patient’s person for a span of approximately 24 hours, which persistently documents the electrocardiogram (EKG) of the individual throughout their customary daily engagements.
A wearable device employed in ambulatory electrocardiography (ECG) to continuously record the heart’s electrical activity for a period of 24 hours or more. The monitor utilizes electrodes attached to the chest to capture this activity, enabling the detection of intermittent arrhythmias, which are irregularities in the heartbeat.