24-hour (Holter) monitoring
24-hour (Holter) monitoring is a diagnostic technique that allows for continuous recording of cardiac dynamics on ECG using a portable device (Holter), monitoring of changes of heart functioning and control of the patient’s blood pressure within 24 hours in his active time.
Description of the procedure:
A patient has to strip to the waist and remain standing. A doctor deprives the patient’s skin of fat in the points of contact with electrodes (on the chest), then places the electrodes and fixes them with clamps or adhesive plaster. The device is fixed on the patient's belt.
Important note: during the examination a patient has to live his or her usual life, and make several physical exercises without sudden movements if needed. Usually you have to write down your schedule every hour in your 24-hour diary. The examination lasts 24 hours (48 hours sometimes). A patient can receive the reading of the Holter monitoring of ECG or BP within 2 or 3 days after the examination.
The procedure is quite painless and safe.
Cardiologists of Dobrobut clinic chain apply other advanced techniques of modern instrumental diagnostics:
- graduated exercise testing (treadmill test, bicycle ergometry);
- ultrasound diagnostics of vascular diseases (duplex vessel scanning);
- MSCT of thoracic organs with intravenous enhancement;
- MSCT angiography of the aorta;
- assessing of external respiration functioning (spirography).
A wide range of diagnostic tools and techniques allows cardiologists of Dobrobut clinic chain to determine the diagnosis quickly and accurately and prescribe the best treatment. All the examinations are performed in the conditions comfortable for the patients.
Cardiologists of Dobrobut clinic chain take a balanced approach to the choice of diagnostic techniques, choosing the best examination option. A cardiologist explains to a patient in detail the necessity of the application of a certain treatment technique in any individual case during the visit.