Holter Monitoring and Event Recorder

Category

Cardiac

A Holter Monitor / Event Recorder monitor is a small device that records the electrical activity of the heart. The device records every heartbeat over a defined period.

The device will be fitted in the clinic, by one of our team, or couriered out to you with fitting instructions. Patients are generally unrestricted in their daily activities.

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Holter Monitoring

Specialist Reviewed:
$375.00 then $25 extra per day

Physiologist Reviewed:
$300.00 then $25 extra per day

Cardiac Event Monitoring

Specialist Reviewed:
$450.00 then $25 extra per day

Physiologist Reviewed:
$375.00 then $25 extra per day

Why do I need this?

A Holter/Event Recorder monitor may be done for the following reasons:

Investigation of suspected arrhythmias in patient experiencing episodic or sustained palpitations, e.g. skipped beats, extra beats, or in whom bradycardia or tachycardia is suspected
Syncope or presyncope (dizziness, fainting)
To monitor the function of your pacemaker or defibrillator
Follow-up to assess how well medications are controlling your heart rhythm

What to expect?

If you have the monitor fitted in the clinic, a technician will place an electrode on your chest which will sense the heartbeat.

Your skin will be given a mild exfoliation and wiped with alcohol to facilitate sticking and improve the conductivity of electrical impulses. You may need to have a small amount of chest hair shaved off. Some people may experience some minor skin irritation when the electrodes and tape are removed. The irritation is caused by the conductive gel on the electrodes reacting with the skin. The procedure may require you to remove the clothing from your upper body so loose-fitting clothes are recommended.

You will be required to wear the device for a defined period and you return the monitor to the clinic the following day at the specified time.

What do I do during the test?

You should go about your normal activities in a normal manner, and you will be provided with a diary to complete. You should make an entry every time you feel symptoms like chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath or heart palpitations.

You should record the time symptoms occurred, what symptoms occurred and what you were doing at the time. Please return the diary with the monitor on completion of the test.

You can shower or bathe with the monitor on as long as the monitor is not immersed or shower jet directly onto the device.

What are the risks?

This is a very safe non-invasive test. Some patients may experience a minor skin irritation from the sticky electrode, but this is rare.

Is there anything I shouldn’t do during the test?

During the 24 hours of the test, you should not immerse the device
Do not use electric blankets
Do not remove the monitor
Do not shake any wires
If a wire comes unclipped from an electrode just snap it back on and record this in your diary
Do not drop the monitor