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By Mayo Clinic staffAfter your doctor has looked at the results of the Holter monitor recorder and what you've written in your activity diary, he or she will talk to you about your results. The information from the Holter monitor may reveal that you have a heart condition, or your doctor may need more tests to find out what may be causing your symptoms.
In some cases, your doctor may not be able to diagnose your condition based on the results of the Holter monitor test, especially if you didn't have any irregular heart rhythms while you wore the monitor. Your doctor may then recommend an event recorder. You wear an event monitor as much as possible throughout the day, and push a button on a recording device you wear on your belt to record your heartbeat when you experience symptoms.
- What are Holter, event, and transtelephonic monitors? American Heart Association. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005149. Accessed Feb. 23, 2009.
- Holter monitoring. Texas Heart Institute. http://www.texasheart.org/HIC/Topics/Diag/diholt.cfm. Accessed Feb. 23, 2009.
- Park MK. Special tools in evaluation of cardiac patients. In: Park MK. Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier; 2008. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/121956069-4/807984289/1588/35.html#4-u1.0-B978-0-323-04636-7..50012-5--cesec52_232. Accessed Feb. 23, 2009.
- Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center. Ambulatory blood pressure/Holter diary. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2007.
