What is a cardiac event monitor?
A cardiac event monitor is smaller and lighter than the Holter. It is also a diagnostic recording device. Like the Holter monitor, it is used to record the electrocardiogram (ECG) while you are normally active. It records one channel (view) of your ECG for up to 30 days (usually about 2 weeks). However, it does not record continuously. It records only when you activate it during symptomatic episodes. Depending upon how the monitor is programmed, it will hold 2-3 event recordings. When the monitor is full, you will be alerted to transmit the recordings by telephone back to CardioGraphics. Cardiac event monitoring is also a form of ambulatory cardiac monitoring. Cardiac event monitors have an event button that can be activated when you experience a cardiac symptom. When the event button is pushed, the monitor records. It is able, by the use of “looping” memory, to record both before and after the button is pushed. During the time you wear the monitor, you will maintain a diary of your sy
