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MICRO T-WAVE
HOLTER MONITOR  
EVENT MONITOR

Holter Monitor

A Holter monitor is a small lightweight portable tape recorder that is connected to the patient by attaching 5 to 7 electrodes to the skin. These electrodes pick up your heart's electrical signals and record them on a tape cassette. The Holter moniter provides a continuous recording on tape of an individual's heart rhythm for a prolonged period of time, usually 24 hours.  While an electrocardiogram will last less than a minute, this prolonged monitoring is used to detect abnormal rhythms during daily activity  in order to explain symptoms of dizziness, palpitation, or black outs.

Event Monitor

This is a small, portable battery operated machine used by a patient to record heart rhythm over a long period of time typically 2 to 4 weeks. Each time symptoms are experienced the patient presses a button on the recorder to record the electrocardiogram. As soon as possible, the sample is transmitted to the doctor’s office by phone hook-up for evaluation. While a Holter monitor is given to patients with frequent symptoms, an event recorder is given to patients with occasional symptoms.

Micro T-Wave Alternans

Micro-T-Wave Alternans, is a non-invasive assessment of the electrical signals from the heart with mild exercise using sophisticated engineering algorithms. Patients who have abnormal examinations are at heightened risk of sudden cardiac deatht and may benefit from defibrillator placement. Patients who have a negative result may not need to undergo defibrillator placement. The results of this examination need to be incorporated into other information your physician may have so that the appropriate treatment decisions are made for you.