MP Heart Clinic

Holter

What is a Holter monitor?

A Holter monitor is a battery-operated portable device which performs traditional test which needs to check the heart rhythm. The device measures and tape record your heart’s activity (ECG) continuously for 24 to 48 hours.

The device is the size of a small camera and it has wires with silver dollar-sized electrodes which are attached to your skin. The Holter monitor records your ECG as you keep doing your day to day activities and hence is also termed as ambulatory electrocardiograms.

Reason for wearing a Holter monitor

People wear a Holter monitor to let the doctor look at the heart’s activity at one point of the time during ECG test. When the doctor wants to evaluate your irregular heartbeats called arrhythmias, Holter monitor is the best device to monitor your heart performance carried out during the whole day.

Holter monitor may provide useful information like

• whether medicines are working optimally or not.
• The device will be able to tell about the conditions such as dizziness, faintness, or the irregular rhythm of the Heart
• whether the Heart is getting desired oxygen required or not