What is an outpatient ECG?

Ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) is a small, portable medical device that records electrical activity of the heart. It is used to detect irregularity in patients' heart rhythms during their daily activity. ECG usually uses a non -invasive recording device to detect the patient's heart activity. These electrodes are usually applied to the skin with adhesive cards and then connected to the outpatient ECG monitor, which is usually cut to a belt or worn in a bag, but can also be connected to the outpatient ECG device itself. The patient is then a normal daily activity with the ECG device in the hinge and records any changes that could occur at its heart rate or rhythms.

There are two basic categories of outpatient ECG. It is a continuous recorder and intermittent recorders. The intermittent ECG machine recorder is further divided into loop recorders and events monitors. They do not monitor the patient's heart activity for a longer period of time. This time victimWhite is usually 24-72 hours, but can be much longer. Some types of long -term outpatient ECG devices can be surgically implanted in the chest and stay there for a year or more.

intermittent recording of outpatient devices ECG is used when patients have rare cardiac arrhythmia. With this type of ECG, there is no recording all the time. Instead, there is only a record when the patient is experiencing symptoms.

intermittent outpatient ECG requires a certain amount of patient interaction. In the case of a loop recorder, the patient must press the button on the recording device when he experiences symptoms of heart problems. This signals the machine and records further information about heart rhythms and electrical functions during the episode.

with An An event monitor must also activate the record process. This outpatient ECG differs from the recorder of the loop and other outpatient devices ECG in SKFacts that electrodes are not connected to the body of the patient with adhesive cards. The outpatient ECG type monitor of the event is a small device that can be worn as a watch or carried in a handbag or pocket. When the patient experiences symptoms of cardiac arrhythmia, he presses the button to activate the device and place the electrodes of the device against the skin.