Health & Fitness
The third podcast in the What are Palpitations? series focuses on what tools/techniques your care providers have to diagnose abnormal heart rhythms. Topics include: Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), Twenty-four-hour Holter monitor, Two- to four-week outpatient telemetry monitor, Hospital telemetry, Smartphone-based applications, Tilt-table test, and Implantable loop recorders Please check back with the Heart Rhythm Center for future podcasts to include: Work-up and Evaluation of Heart-Rhythm Disorders (Meeting the Heart-Rhythm Physician) What Are the Common Supraventricular (Top-Chamber) Tachycardias? What Is Atrial Fibrillation? What Are the Common Ventricular (Bottom-Chamber) Tachycardias? Treatment Options for Arrhythmias The Electrophysiology Study and Ablation Procedure Possible Complications of Electrophysiology Studies and Ablations Postoperative Care after an EP Study (and possible ablation) Psychosocial Impact of Arrhythmias