Event monitoring is a painless way to record your heartbeat. The monitor is a small electrocardiogram (ECG) device that you carry with you. It runs on batteries. The event monitor lets you record your heart rate and rhythm when you feel symptoms. Some event monitors can find and record irregular heart rhythms in real time, with or without symptoms. Some event monitoring records your heart rhythm for your doctor to review at a later time. Some wireless monitors allow data to be sent to your doctor's office for evaluation right away after an event is recorded. You may carry this monitor for a few days or weeks. You can get your heart monitor in a hospital, test center, or doctor's office.
Stay away from electric blankets, microwave ovens, electric toothbrushes or razors, magnets, metal detectors, and high-voltage areas, such as power lines. They may affect the recording.
Your doctor will show you how to use your event monitor. Wear it as instructed all the time. Some event monitors use wires to record the heart rhythm. Newer event monitors use patches placed over the heart to record the heart rhythm. When you feel a symptom, push the button to start recording. (Some monitors start and stop recording automatically when an abnormal rhythm is detected.) Your doctor will tell you how to do this. Be sure to keep a diary. Write down symptoms in detail. Include the time and date.
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