I am diagnosed with sporadic atrial fibrillation and am suppose to have 24hr Holter monitor but I don’t get it still what is this 24hr Holter monitor about –I mean does this mean I have some serious heart disease? It happened few days ago I had sudden sharp chest pain followed by lack of the breath and extreme rapid heart beats-I felt really bad and am scheduled to start with this 24hr Holter monitor exam tomorrow and am curious how does it looks alike?
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24hr Holter monitor test is in fact whole day ECG exam-which tests your heart’s condition –it measures your heart rate and heart rhythm and according to the symptoms you had recently 24hr Holter monitor could show if this was about heart attack in fact it could show which part of your heart had been attacked and it could show if your heart is inflamed or if you have some congenital heart abnormalities. Anyway you would have some wires attached on your chest that would be sending the signals from your heart to some device that records them and this device you would be carry on in your pocket, belt or shoulder whatever and plus you would also be advised to keep diary data through whole 24hr and finally according to whole recorded symptoms and your activities and finally your doc could determine more precisely what is the cause of your condition.
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