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Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (14)
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Thanks for your reply about the button on your patch. I think that might be a lot more handy to elicit contemporaneous information for the person reviewing the patch's report. What would be lacking, though, is the 'qualitative' description of what the bearer of the patch is doing at the instant he/she feels the arrythmia beginning. Walking, only on stairs, only going down stairs with its accompanying jarring....? When lifting something heavy, belching after eating....you know all the triggers we talk about all the time. The descriptive data can tell more if the arrhythmia is related to exertion or Vagus nerve tone.
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@gloaming I agree with you on the importance of linking symptoms with activity or other context. With both the Holter and Zio patch monitors I had to keep a log of what I was doing when I had symptoms. from the Zio website:
"2. Note any
heart symptoms
If you feel anything that you think might be unusual, press the top of the Zio patch. Then briefly describe it in the provided symptom log booklet or on the MyZio mobile app."
The actual report for Zio is quite thorough, assesses whether reports of symptoms match what is reported by the ECG. and provides details on when arrythmias occurred. https://www.irhythmtech.com/providers/zio-service/reporting (only the cover page of the sample report is accessible to us lay folks)
I always bring a list of triggers, whether long recognized or newly discovered, to MD's. My reports of symptoms always matches what is going on in my heart which gives me credibility I guess!