Why do you need to do dynamic electrocardiogram after normal electrocardiogram?

Apr 06, 2023Leave a message

About 3.7 million people die of cardiovascular disease in China every year, and 2 out of 5 deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease. This disease has become the first place in the incidence and mortality of all diseases in my country. Therefore, as soon as many people go to the hospital for symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness, and chest pain, the doctor will immediately prescribe an electrocardiogram, and then recommend a dynamic electrocardiogram. In this regard, many people feel strange: "Why do you have to spend money for a Holter ECG after you have just finished a routine ECG?

A dynamic electrocardiogram is a dynamic, long-term recording of an electrocardiogram. We all know that the heart is an organ that beats all the time. Ordinary electrocardiograms can only record real-time heart rhythm and heart rate at a certain moment, while dynamic electrocardiograms can dynamically record and observe heart rhythm changes 24 hours a day. Now there is also a long-term dynamic electrocardiogram, which can record the heart condition for 3 days, 7 days, or even 14 days.

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The examinee needs to carry the portable recording box on his back with the assistance of the doctor. After starting the recorder, the recorder will start to monitor the corresponding ECG changes. After 24 hours, the examinee returns the recording box, and the doctor will playback and analyze the information. During the examination, the examinee needs to record the time of heart discomfort attack, and inform the doctor to pay attention to the heart rhythm changes during this period when returning the recorder, which will be more helpful for the doctor to comprehensively judge the disease. In addition, before the examination, you should consult the doctor whether you need to adjust the drug. For example, when evaluating the condition of premature beats, you need to stop using antiarrhythmic drugs on the day of the examination.

Dynamic electrocardiogram examination is mainly used for the detection of arrhythmia diseases. It can provide the total heart rate, average heart rate, minimum heart rate, maximum heart rate, whether there is tachyarrhythmia, bradyarrhythmia, the number of premature beats, the length of pause time and the time of occurrence, etc. within the detection time, so that Doctors have a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the patient's heart rhythm and heart rate conditions, providing an objective basis for the doctor's diagnosis.

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