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I wore that 30 day device for 8 days in 2024. The adhesive bothered me and doc said he had enough info from 8 days. My report was 20 pages, included 24 sample strips showing and identifing various arryhmias. I never triggered any, they were all automatic. I also had 3 pages of summary findings including totals, burden, etc. I would investigate, you did not receive the complete report compared to mine.
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Following up: I saw my cardiologist today and questioned her about the summary report from my 30 days on the MCOT device. She did not have anything more than I had - no summary report. And she did not seem interested in contacting Philips about it. She said that if anything concerning happens it is recorded even if the patient does not report symptoms. Well, ok, but what about the fact that I recorded symptoms only a percentage of the times that I actually had PVCs or PACs? Oftentimes I was driving, or at a meeting or in another situation where pulling out the monitor to record a symptoms was not realistic. Then there's whatever might be happening at night when I'm sleeping. And since my PVCs often occurred in "runs," by the time I did the 5-6 taps required to report one symptom on the monitor, several more PVCs would have occurred.
At this point I'm not freaked out about all this, but I sure would like to know what my total PVC burden is. Overall I have liked this cardiologist and so did my husband, so I've been reluctant to leave her for a different cardiologist. At the same time, it's my health. And with a diagnosis of dysautonomia my cardiac care, particularly re heart rhythm and blood pressure variability, may become increasingly important to be on top of. Thanks for reading this!
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@lmt1 Thanks very much, I'll investigate further.