Holter monitor

Summary Information: Holter monitor

Holter monitor: A Holter monitor is an electronic medical device that a patient wears for one or two days to record the heart rhythm over time. Electrodes from the monitor are attached to the chest to record electrical activity through the heart.

Other Names For Holter monitor

• Ambulatory electrocardiography device

Diseases Screened for Using Medical Device: Holter monitor

These diseases may be screened for using the medical device Holter monitor:

• Heart attack
• Arrhythmia
• Atrial fibrillation
• Palpitations
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Bradycardia
• Evaluate effect of new heart medicine

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