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Implantable cardiac loop recorder: How do you know it's working?

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: May 4, 2023 | Replies (5)
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@earlysu

I'm sorry you're going through this. Are you talking about an insertable cardiac monitoring device? My EP just asked me if I want to have one implanted. So, you're having obvious heart rhythm issues but they don't show up on the loop monitor? (I just want to be sure I understand your question?)

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 2, 2023

@earlysu, here is more information from Mayo Clinic about implantable heart monitors.
- Implantable loop recorder: A heart monitoring device https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/implantable-loop-recorder/pyc-20384986

@waitngsus, first of all, I'm very sorry that you were left feeling like an idiot. That is not the way that a patient-doctor partnership should work. You're concerned because the unsettling symptoms you're experiencing are real, but your doctor is not seeing them.

May I ask:
- are the abnormal readings showing in the readings that your doctors see?
- do your finger monitor and/or watch monitor show different readings than the implanted ECG readings that your doctor has?
- did your doctor explain why you may be feeling these symptoms if they are not related to heart issues and what you can do about them?

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