State-of-the-art holter monitoring: current uses and prospects

Abstract

Heart diseases are one of the leading causes of death among women and men worldwide particularly in the developed world. However, before death occurs, most times there are always signs that could be detected early which if acted upon might reduce the incidence of deaths. There are many cases of sudden death due to heart attacks even in presumed healthy people hence, it became imperative that early methods of detection of heart attacks be invented. One of the early methods of detection in use today is Holter monitoring which is done using the Holter monitor.