Question 1

how do you read holter monitor report (heart monitor)?

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Talk to your Doctor: Holter Monitor used to look for abnormal heartbeats or patterns of heartbeats. They are often missed on basic ecg(EKG). The causes and types of findings are numerous. Care must be individualized to you!! Ask your Doctor.
Everyone skips a few to several hundred heartbeats in 24 hours, but the pattern is very important. Go over your results with the person who ordered your test. Good Luck!

Question 2

how do you read holter heart monitor results?

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Like an EKG: A holter monitor is basically a 24-hour-long ekg. It is used to monitor people for arrhythmias when a normal ekg isn't able to catch it due to its short length. The doctor will be able to read the ekg strip and look for skipped beats, irregular rhythms, or sites generating extra electrical signals.  The doctor can also look at your diary to see if what you are complaining about correlate with ekg.

Question 3

can an mp3 player throw off a heart monitor?

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Heart monitor: An mp3 player is unlikely to affect a heart monitor.

Question 4

electrocardiographic heart monitor, what is this?

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Records rhythm: You wear a device that records your heart rhythm - used for diagnosing heart rhythms disturbances. The duration can be 24 or 48  hours (holter), 30 days (event monitor) or up to 3 years (sub-cutaneous loop recorder).

Question 5

could you explain what is doppler babys heart monitor?

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Baby heart monitor: Doppler monitor allows you to hear your unborn baby's heart beat anytime you like, anywhere you wish.

Question 6

can vegal nerve tone show up on a 7 day heart monitor?

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Yes.: It is called "heart rate variability" and is an indicator of vagal nerve tone and vagal nerve health. It can also be a predictor of future cardiovascular events. Please see my previous response to you in regards to p.O.T.S. And Insulin resistance. Have your dr. Check you for the Insulin resistance syndrome, glucose tolerance test with Insulin levels checked every 30 minutes for 2 hours.

Question 7

how much time does it take to hook up a holter heart monitor?

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Holter monitor: Hooking up a holter monitor takes about ten minutes but can be less.

Question 8

does an implantable heart monitor hurt? do they give me pain meds?

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Not really: These are very small devices that are inserted under the skin in the chest and after the first few days the chest should not hurt at all.  For the immediate post procedure period, they should give you some pain medication.

Question 9

er heart monitor rhythm changed when i sat up and moved around. is this normal or a worry?

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Depends: This depends if it was just the heart rate or if the EKG wave forms changed or if the rhythm became erratic or not. It is not uncommon for the rate (beats per second) to increase when you get out of bed or out of a chair.  If you are in the hospital, ask your Dr to look at the monitor with you to verify if everything is normal!  It only takes a few seconds to make sure everything is ok!

Question 10

what could happen if you held your breath when attached to a heart monitor? would it show a "flatline"?

Accepted Answer

Flatline: 'Flatline' happens when there is no electrical activity in the heart on the ecg. This would take a long time to happen with breath holding. If there isn't a problem with the monitor or the leads, flatline means you're dead unless something is done quickly and the something works.

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