How Holter Monitoring Helps Detect Irregular Heartbeats
Irregular heartbeats, also known as arrhythmias, can be difficult to detect during a regular doctor's visit. Some people may feel their heart skip a beat, race suddenly, or beat unevenly, but these symptoms may come and go. To understand these changes better, doctors often recommend a test called Holter Monitoring . This test helps record your heart’s activity over time, making it easier to find patterns that might be missed in a short clinic visit. Holter monitoring is a non-invasive and painless test that records your heart’s electrical activity continuously for 24 to 48 hours or more. You wear a small device with electrodes attached to your chest. The device tracks every heartbeat while you go about your daily routine. This means your heart is monitored while you eat, walk, sleep, and even exercise — giving your doctor a full picture of how your heart performs in real life. Why Is Holter Monitoring Important? Many heart rhythm issues don’t show up during a short ECG test at th...