It can only record up to 4 events before it has to be downloaded via a landline.ĭownload Patient Information Sheet on Event Monitor test here. The battery lasts for up to 2,500 recordings.

The patient can activate a recording during symptoms by pressing a button. The device flashes to indicate it has recorded an event (which may have been asymptomatic). This (heartEVENT) is lightweight and easy to use. This includes before and after treatments such as drug treatment of AF, to confirm the effectiveness of procedures such as ablation of arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter or supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and less frequently ventricular tachycardia. The test may be performed to look for arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation (AF), or complex ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia (VT). Monitoring for asymptomatic but infrequent arrhythmias . Many disturbances of the heart’s rhythm are relatively harmless but others are not and detecting the type of heart arrhythmia is very important. Palpitations may be due to increased awareness of the normal beat of the heart, a sense of an irregular beat or fast heart beat due to a change in the heart’s rhythm (arrhythmia). Recording the heart rhythm from the ECG is valuable in making the diagnosis or excluding a heart related cause.ĭiagnosis of the cause of palpitations. Both fast and slow heart rhythms can disturb consciousness. This can result in falls and injuries and resemble non-heart related problems like balance disorders or epilepsy. Changes in heart function – either heart rhythm or blood pressure – can cause symptoms which lead to dizziness or loss of consciousness.

Why is it done?ĭiagnosis of Fits, Faints and ‘Funny Turns .

The device is battery operated and sends recorded information via a standard telephone line to a website where the information is uploaded and transmitted to our practice. An alternative is to implant a loop recorder but this is an invasive procedure and designed for much longer recording periods of 3 or more years. You will be asked to keep a diary of any symptoms so that their. This is a much simpler and less sophisticated recorder than a 24-hour ECG recorder but allows us to measure the heart’s rhythm during very infrequent or asymptomatic events. The monitor is about the size of a mobile phone and attached to a belt or hung around the neck. This is a way of recording the heart’s rhythm over a long period of time such as 1 to 2 months and up to 6 months rather than 24 to 48 hours as is done with Holter recorders.

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