If you’ve tried the Holter monitor but it hasn’t given your provider enough information for a diagnosis, you may need to use a cardiac event monitor. If your provider gets enough information from the Holter monitor to diagnose you, you won’t need to try a cardiac event monitor. If you’re having frequent symptoms, your provider will ask you to use a Holter monitor, which is a device that records your heart rhythm continuously for 24 to 48 hours. They want to know if your pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is working right.They want to see if the medicine you’re taking is helping.They want to know if enough oxygen is reaching your heart.You had palpitations (racing or pounding heartbeat).You fainted, had chest pain or got dizzy.Your provider can use the information from a cardiac event recorder when: Having a device that records your heart’s rhythm allows your provider to review the recording and make a diagnosis. In a similar way, your heart may not have an abnormal rhythm during your appointment with your provider. When your car is making a sound that concerns you, it might not make that sound when you take it to the mechanic. Your healthcare provider will ask you to use a cardiac event recorder if you’re having symptoms that don’t happen that often ― like once a week or once a month. Policy When is a cardiac event monitor used? We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Advertising on our site helps support our mission.

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