This is a device that is quite similar to a Holter monitor but
can run for indefinite periods. Typically, the device is provided
for a 2-4 week period in an attempt to capture the typical
clinical symptoms suggestive of a cardiac arrhythmia. As in
Holter monitoring, the patient activates the device at the time
of a symptom in order to provide precise correlation. Once the
typical symptom takes place, then the event recorder can be
turned in. The patient can have the device for as long a period
as it takes to lead to detection/identification.
A newer form of event recorder technique is now available.
Medtronic, Inc. manufactures the device known as Reveal.
This is an implantable event recorder and is well suited for
patients with fairly infrequent symptoms or in patients who
are unable to properly operate the event recorder device.
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