What is the guaranteed way to pick up a potential heart arrhythmia in a person?
2006-07-07 13:43:28 · 9 answers · asked by G 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
The least diagnostic test would be an EKG (12-lead or less)
Next would be a Holter or Cardiac Event Monitor
The Most diagnostic would be an ElectroPhysiology study. The test is done by a special trained cardiologist (electrophysiologist). During the test, your heart is actually stopped and started. This test is your best guarantee of finding a "potential" dysrhythmia
2006-07-07 17:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by Lia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-09 04:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by Niki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A routine EKG takes only a few seconds to perform so it won't show an arrhythmia unless the arrhythmia is present all the time.
If the arrhythmia is only there for a few seconds every few days or less often, then a Cardiac Event Monitor would be the best test. You wear this device that records your heart rhythm on a continuous loop. If you feel an abnormal rhythm you press a button and the record does not get erased.
2006-07-07 13:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by Diane D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on whether you are having the arrythmia while the ekg is being recorded. Arrythmia's are not always occuring.
If you want to capture an arrythmia, it usually requires a 24 or 48 hr holter monitor. Then, sometimes it is not always picked up during the 24 or48 hr period.
2006-07-07 14:30:07 · answer #4 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No- I have SVT and while I wore a Holter Monitor to find it. It took them 3 yrs and many times before they actually caught it. A cardiac event monitor would be great if your hospital can afford to check one out to you for an extended period of time. Also, if you feel like something is wrong and you do not feel comfortable with your current doctor, get more than one opinion. My Dr. continued to tell me for a few years prior to the discovery of my SVT that I had nothing wrong with me. After switching doctors, wearing a holter, cardiac event, and then undergoing stress tests. They located the cause of the SVT in a ventricle it is not normally located in. You know your body best - so if you think something is wrong- have tests run. If they all come back negative. Feel Better. Arrthymia's are not normally dangerous.
2006-07-07 16:30:52 · answer #5 · answered by ceam1029 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if done properly. The best test for arrythmias and irreguler rythms is a 24 hour Holter monitor. Aggrivating, but effective.
2006-07-07 13:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by Outman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no a doc usually sends you home with a holter monitor which is about the size of a cell phone to wear for 24-48 hours and it continuously records your heart rhythm.When you return it to the doc he reads the strips and can make an accurate diagnosis
2006-07-07 14:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the most part, most people will get a little flutter in the chest every now & then. I had theses at one point, and they are very scary, but benign. I attribute these to nerves. I was put on some anti anxiety drugs and they eventually subsided.
Not that I am diagnosing your problem, but don't get too worked up over it, that's all.
2006-07-07 13:58:46 · answer #8 · answered by D J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
a 24 hour heart halter monitor...doctor has to order it and it has to be put on at the hospital...or a cardiologist can do it too.
2006-07-07 13:47:16 · answer #9 · answered by m37734 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋