Look, if an arrhythmia doesn't show up in the first 24 hours, it's not that much more likely to show up in the following 24 hours. Although it's probably happened, I've never seen a "48-hour" Holter detect an arrhythmia better than a 24-hour Holter and all it ever does is increase costs (and torment the Holter reader).
If a patient has infrequent symptoms, consider an 30-day event (loop) recorder instead.
There. I feel better now.
-Wes
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I got it but, when there is $$$ around, the logic may change a little bit..... Dr.DJ
24 hours is plenty. But I jogged in place a bit near the end just to make sure my guy had generous amounts of PVCs to analyze.
Previous MI - the gift that keeps on giving.
when would you consider one of the mobile services like Cardionet?
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