Category: Test

Holter monitoring is the recording of an electrocardiogram (a graphic record of the heart’s electrical activity collected on the surface of the skin) over a set period of time, usually 24 hours, while the patient is carrying out his or her normal activity. It is also called “ambulatory electrocardiography”. For the heart to contract, an electrical […]

Basically, it consists of the graphic recording of the electrical activity of the heart collected on the surface of the skin while the patient performs physical exercise. It is also called ergometry or stress electrocardiogram. Since there are electrical alterations in the heart that are only triggered by a stress situation, the main purpose of […]