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.

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Sure! Here’s a 7th-grade level explanation of the holter monitor findings:


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.


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!