Question
What does this holster monitor finding means in 7th grade response
Findings:
The patient was monitored for a total of 72:11 hours.
The total time analyzed was 69:38 hours.
Start time was 4:19pm1.
There was a total of 282537 beats.
Less than 1% were Ventricular beats, less than 1% were Supraventricular beats, and patient is not paced.
Mean Heart Rate: 68 Total Beats: 282537
Maximum Heart Rate:113 @ 5:45pm1 Tachycardia beats: 317 (>=100 BPM) 0%
Minimum Heart Rate: 52 @ 12:49pm3 Bradycardia beats: 0 (<= 50 BPM) 0%
Pauses: 0 (> 2.5 sec.) Longest RR at: 1.544 seconds at 10:05am4
Conclusions:
Underlying sinus rhythm with rates from 52 to 113 bpm.
Rare PAC's noted with no pairs and 34 runs the longest 6 beats @ 130 bpm and the
fastest 4 beats @ 143 bpm
Rare PVC's noted with one run 7 beats @ 125 bpm.
The patient recorded one diary event, the rhythm was sinus.
Non sustained Ventricular tachycardia is noted.
Findings:
The patient was monitored for a total of 72:11 hours.
The total time analyzed was 69:38 hours.
Start time was 4:19pm1.
There was a total of 282537 beats.
Less than 1% were Ventricular beats, less than 1% were Supraventricular beats, and patient is not paced.
Mean Heart Rate: 68 Total Beats: 282537
Maximum Heart Rate:113 @ 5:45pm1 Tachycardia beats: 317 (>=100 BPM) 0%
Minimum Heart Rate: 52 @ 12:49pm3 Bradycardia beats: 0 (<= 50 BPM) 0%
Pauses: 0 (> 2.5 sec.) Longest RR at: 1.544 seconds at 10:05am4
Conclusions:
Underlying sinus rhythm with rates from 52 to 113 bpm.
Rare PAC's noted with no pairs and 34 runs the longest 6 beats @ 130 bpm and the
fastest 4 beats @ 143 bpm
Rare PVC's noted with one run 7 beats @ 125 bpm.
The patient recorded one diary event, the rhythm was sinus.
Non sustained Ventricular tachycardia is noted.
Answers
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
Sure! Here’s a 7th-grade level explanation of the holter monitor findings:
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**What the Holter Monitor Found:**
The patient wore a special heart monitor called a Holter monitor for about 72 hours. This monitor keeps track of the heart's beats all the time.
1. **Total Time Monitored**: The patient was monitored for 72 hours and 11 minutes. But the doctors looked carefully at the data for 69 hours and 38 minutes.
2. **Heart Beats**: During that time, the patient’s heart beat a total of **282,537 times**.
3. **Heart Rate**:
- The average (mean) heart rate was **68 beats per minute (bpm)**.
- The highest heart rate was **113 bpm**, which is a bit fast, at **5:45 PM**.
- The lowest heart rate was **52 bpm** at **12:49 PM**, which is on the slower side.
4. **Types of Beats**:
- The monitor showed that there were very few special beats (called **ventricular** and **supraventricular beats**), both of which were less than 1%.
- There were no beats that were too slow (which would be bradycardia) or too fast (tachycardia) for long periods.
5. **Pauses and Rhythms**:
- The heart did not have any long pauses (none over 2.5 seconds).
- A "normal" heart rhythm was seen most of the time, which is called **sinus rhythm**.
6. **Other Findings**:
- There were rare early beats (called **PACs**), and these didn't happen in pairs. The longest run of these was 6 beats at a rate of 130 bpm.
- There were also very few late beats (called **PVCs**), with one instance of 7 beats at 125 bpm.
- The patient wrote down one event in their diary, and it was recorded as a normal rhythm.
7. **Conclusion**: Overall, the heart rhythm was mostly normal, but there were some rare instances of unusual beats.
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This means the patient’s heart is mostly healthy, but the doctors will keep an eye on those rare beats to make sure everything stays good!
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**What the Holter Monitor Found:**
The patient wore a special heart monitor called a Holter monitor for about 72 hours. This monitor keeps track of the heart's beats all the time.
1. **Total Time Monitored**: The patient was monitored for 72 hours and 11 minutes. But the doctors looked carefully at the data for 69 hours and 38 minutes.
2. **Heart Beats**: During that time, the patient’s heart beat a total of **282,537 times**.
3. **Heart Rate**:
- The average (mean) heart rate was **68 beats per minute (bpm)**.
- The highest heart rate was **113 bpm**, which is a bit fast, at **5:45 PM**.
- The lowest heart rate was **52 bpm** at **12:49 PM**, which is on the slower side.
4. **Types of Beats**:
- The monitor showed that there were very few special beats (called **ventricular** and **supraventricular beats**), both of which were less than 1%.
- There were no beats that were too slow (which would be bradycardia) or too fast (tachycardia) for long periods.
5. **Pauses and Rhythms**:
- The heart did not have any long pauses (none over 2.5 seconds).
- A "normal" heart rhythm was seen most of the time, which is called **sinus rhythm**.
6. **Other Findings**:
- There were rare early beats (called **PACs**), and these didn't happen in pairs. The longest run of these was 6 beats at a rate of 130 bpm.
- There were also very few late beats (called **PVCs**), with one instance of 7 beats at 125 bpm.
- The patient wrote down one event in their diary, and it was recorded as a normal rhythm.
7. **Conclusion**: Overall, the heart rhythm was mostly normal, but there were some rare instances of unusual beats.
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This means the patient’s heart is mostly healthy, but the doctors will keep an eye on those rare beats to make sure everything stays good!