Why doctors recommend holter monitors
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Why Doctors recommend Holter Monitors
Holter monitoring helps the doctors to enhance their capacity to deliver better
care to the patients. These monitors record the data that make the doctors to
determine if the heart rhythm is off, which can be very helpful in lifesaving. The
cardiologist may recommend the use of a Holter Monitor for a long period of
time in case if result shows the sign of intermittently irregular heart rhythm.
The doctors use Holter monitors to monitor a patient's cardiac function
remotely. These monitors are small in size, wearable devices that keep track the
rhythm of the heart. Holter monitors are basically worn for a few days to a few
weeks.
Within this time period the Holter monitor can detect irregularities in the
rhythm of the heart that was not found by an electrocardiogram. As well as in
this condition the doctors could also recommend a heart monitor if the patient’s
heart condition which amplifies the risk of an irregular heart rhythm. These are
very few common reasons in which Holter Monitors can be prescribed there are
lot more reasons for this problem.
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