Holter Monitoring

Holter Monitoring is continuous monitoring of the electrical activity of a patient's heart muscle using a special portable device, called a Holter Monitor. Patients wear the Holter monitor while carrying out their usual daily activities.

Holter Monitoring can uncover heart problems that occur during the patient's everyday activities. It can also help to recognize any activities that may be causing the heart problems. It can define and correlate symptoms that may be caused by irregularities of the heart.

At Life Support we work with clients nation wide - providing an innovative solution to your Holter needs.

A Holter Service providing a variety of diagnostic tools:

• Accurate, easy to read Holter reports, including full color printing, if desired.
• Pacemaker Analysis capability in both the recorders and (optionally) in the analysis software.
• "TRUE" 12-Lead recording and analysis. The 12-lead recorder can also be used as a 3-channel device.
• FDA XML export facility for those facilities involved in FDA study/research.
• Special Pediatric Analysis settings which permit analysis based on the age of the child.
• Long QT Analysis for pediatric physicians looking for Long QT Syndrome.
• Physicians can electronically review their report on line from their home or elsewhere with our CardioFile+ Net Database Program.
• Remote transmission of data from a local physician office to your office.
• Both Statistical and Spectral Heart Rate Variability Analysis.
• Three-Channel or 12-Lead Ischemia analysis.
• Up to 7-day Holter recording and reporting capability.
• Reports can be easily e-mailed to the physician's office, eliminating mail or courier charges.

Life Support’s Arrhythmia Monitoring and Holter Monitoring services used in conjunction will obtain the maximum diagnostic success rate.

Arrhythmia Monitoring should be viewed as a complement (rather than a substitute) to a Holter Monitoring. In the context of diagnosing transient, infrequently occurring symptoms, a complementary relationship is consistent with the following two possibilities:

1. Arrhythmia Monitors are used when a Holter Monitoring session proves non-diagnostic.
2. Arrhythmia Monitors can precede Holter Monitoring to examine symptomatic arrhythmias.