The third podcast in the What are Palpitations? series focuses on what tools/techniques your care providers have to diagnose abnormal heart rhythms. A brief outline includes:

1. Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)


2. Twenty-four-hour Holter monitor


3. Two- to four-week outpatient telemetry monitor


4. Hospital telemetry


5. Smartphone-based applications


6. Tilt-table test


7. Implantable loop recorders


8. Summary

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