Heart Rhythm Conditions – Welcome to the group

The Holter monitor that used to be used, and may still be used in some places, hangs at the waist and is bulky. More recently I had a patch monitor that was literally a small patch on the chest that had wifi capability. I was prescribed one for a month (but only did two weeks).

This is where you might wish to know more about what he/she knows. Obviously, something is amiss. Your heart is showing signs of an electrical disorder that is causing at least premature atrial complexes, maybe some supraventricular tachycardia, maybe some ventricular problems....and he/she thinks that you should have more frequent monitoring than what you can get with an office visit.

The device is commonly called a loop recorder. They are commonly used for short periods, sometimes longer when the need is great, to develop a continuous and lengthy data-set of one's cardiac electrical activity. They don't get implanted unless there is sufficient concern and urgency that not knowing their output might put you at unnecessary and unacceptable risk of mortality, or maybe only permanent heart damage.

My dr wants to implant a device to track my heartbeat. I don’t notice the irregularities.

This was a very helpful article. I am copying it off and giving to my doctor. I think he will find it useful to give to any patient who comes to him with this concern. I know he is busy, but this would help when he doesn't have time to explain this important information to his patient. Thank you for posting the link.

I have one more test coming up on December 3rd -- an overnight sleep apnea test. For the last two weeks I have kept a journal of my pulse and oxygen levels. Take the readings at various times -- even when I awaken at night. Other than the last two nights when I inched the oxygen level up a bit. I was wearing the oxygen with no impact on my levels for a week and a half. I was consistently between 90 and 95. Since I inched up a half measure from the level one, my readings have gone up to between 95 and 98. I still fight lethargy and what I call fuzzy headedness.

Great, and you'll soon be advised, or perhaps you can read the results yourself, of any arrythmia that you might have, or even a heart moving between two morphologies, or even three. For example, it's not unheard of for a heart to go between flutter, AF, and PACs.

I have a loop recorder implanted 10 days ago, medtradata

I think you might learn more if you were to wear a digital device like a smart watch and have it record your HR and an ECG when you feel the faint coming on...if you can manage to set your watch in time. Or set the watch to record continuously, but live with having to charge the watch twice a day or more often due to the large draw on the battery. Or, if it is becoming more intrusive with time, and more worrying, have a Loop Recorder implanted and it will monitor you for signs of arrhythmia 24/7.

Consult a 'great' electrophysiologist about this.

@gift440 it is a lot to absorb and handle. Keep us posted if you feel it is helpful!

Yes, I am going to have both when the doctor orders them.

I dismissed near fainting for years. Have only had two weeks to adjust to having a serious heart condition.