24hour monitor

[Andy-f]

Hi,

I have received a letter today from the hospital, asking me in at the beginning of April to have a ECG monitor fitted for 24 hours

What will this tell the cardiologist

Thanks in advance

Andy

[pd63]

It will record your heart beat and should pick up any irregularities why are you having the procedure

[BobD Volunteer]

24 hours is a short period so good luck with that. Many people find that having one fitted almost guarantees that their hearts will behave perfectly

. I've just returned one after 72 hours and luckily had a couple of bad days. Mine was a very simple fit (two pads only ) and arrived by courier and collected afterwards. First time this has been done for me. and great improvement over having to go to hospital especially at this difficult time. I was origianally sent a letter to attend but since the hospital is 200 miles away I emailed and asked if they couldn't send it. They did!

[Finvola in reply to BobD]

Good one Bob.

[ThatGuyWithAF in reply to BobD]

I have had a monitor implanted in my chest for that reason. It was like having the Tracker inserted in The Hunger Games.

I have a handset which can extract data when afib is active. It then sends it to the hospital via the 4G network.

I also have a keyfob like device which will set the monitor to record the data when I'm out and about. I upload it when I get home.

bit.ly/3vokCWr

[BobD Volunteer in reply to ThatGuyWithAF]

Yes "reveals" have been around for many years and I know plenty of people who have had them fitted. They are essential when arrhythmias are few and far between but dibilitating when they come.

[Andy-f]

Thanks for the reply’s What is the usual direction after the results, or are they all different

I.e do the results help assist with which tablets to prescribe

Andy

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They will certainly form the basis for establishing a treatment plan but it all depends on how your heart performs over the 24 hour period. As BobD says, Murphy’s Law dictates that it will perform perfectly over the 24 hour period which could mean that the specialist is unable to come up with any advice on ongoing treatment. If you are experiencing periodic bouts of AF then you may want to consider buying a Kardia mobile device as this will enable you to capture reports at anytime you feel unwell. Worth looking on Google, they cost around £100 and produce reports which are accepted by most medics......

[Andy-f]

Thanks FlapJackYeah Sod’s law nothing unusual on the day

I don’t suffer from symptoms such as flutters etc

But at moment I’m suffering withshoulder and knee pains

[C66t in reply to Andy-f]

I agree with FlapJack as you said yourself sods law etc. I personally feel 24hr is too short I have paroxismal afib and the "brat"went into hibernation for both 24 hr and 7day monitors 'till 30 day monitor picked it up. I eventually bought the Kardia 6l which is great. Best of luck.

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If, as you have said previously, you are in “constant AF”, the holter monitor will confirm that . If it is normal, either Kardia model would give you a chance to detect abnormalities virtually immediately. The new one is harder to use apparently, but more versatile. Smartphone compatibility should be established before buying.

[Finvola]

A Holter monitor is a great device for detecting the arrhythmias which manage to hide from normal short ECG's and for showing up 'silent' AF and short bursts of arrhythmias which the patient doesn't know about. As Bob said, 24 hours might be too short if your heart's gymnastics are intermittent - that's what happened in my case but a second 24-hour one caught all sorts of goings on.

Your cardiologist will analyse the results and from that decide what direction your treatment needs to go. It's very important to behave 'normally' when wearing it - ie perform your normal daily routine - even better, try to forget it's there!

[Andy-f]

ThanksAre pains in joints normal to Afib

Regards

[Desanthony]

I have never had one as in persistent Af when not in NSR after CV's. A friend had one fitted for a week for his AF - private clinic. The one thing he found out apart from he needed to lose weight - he was far too big, was that on Friday nights after he went out with a friend to the pub his AF kicked in later - I think about 3am the following morning. During the week he drank the odd glass of wine but on a Friday had a few pints. So he found either the or a trigger for his AF but everyone is different and as many have said in just 24 hours you may find that your heart behaves fine! It's like when you take your car in for an intermittent fault - the garage could have the car for a week and not find it but within hours after collecting it the fault appears again! Good Luck and hope the monitor helps with your treatment plan.

[Andy-f]

Thanks Desanthony

[dunestar]

I had a 24 hour monitor. It showed a very short burst of something not right. Just had a letter to go for a fitting of a 7 day monitor. No showering or bathing for a week!

[Andy-f]

DunestarAt least there looking a bit further to a answer

Squaddie wipes for Severn days then

[Elli86 in reply to Andy-f]

Hi Andy.

Unfortunately as most have said the 24hr monitors are a waste of time. I personally don’t know why they don’t start with the 7 day as even if they find something they’ll probably want to follow up with the 7 day monitor anyway.

I had a 14/15 day one I think, can’t remember now but it was pretty small and easy to remove so I could have a shower daily and put back on as they gave me a ton of stickers to reattach it. Unfortunately this didn’t manage to pick anything up either and I went into afib the day after. 😫 as everyone says.... Sod’s law.

Have bought the latest Apple Watch though and it’s picked up my afib twice since. Not sure how symptomatic your afib is? But it’ll pick it up itself and when it does you can do a 2 lead ecg and then print off the results and send them too the electrocardiologist 👍

Good luck mate

[Andy-f]

ThanksAre the Apple watches accurate in your opinion

Regards