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EKG or electrocardiogram:
This is a procedure where leads extending from a recording machine are connected to your chest, wrist, and ankles. Lying in a resting position your heart’s electrical activity is recorded as wave lines on paper. This test is used to detect certain abnormalities of the heart. This test is performed at AFWC.
Holter Monitoring:
This is a portable unit, attached to the patient, which records an electrocardiogram (EKG) for a full 24 hours. It is about the size of a large Walkman radio and is carried at the patient’s side in a holster. The patient is then able to go about their daily activities and even sleep with it as it records continuously.
After 24 hours the patient disconnects the recorder and drops it off at the clinic to be reviewed. A computer analysis of the 24-hour recording is done and then reviewed by your healthcare provider.
Holter Monitoring is useful for evaluating patients with symptoms of obscure etiology suggestive of cardiac arrhythmia such as:
* palpitations
* chest pain
* dizziness
* lightheadedness
* near syncope
* syncope
* transient ischemic episodes
* dyspnea
* shortness of breath.
This service is available at AFWC.
Event Monitoring:
This is a patient activated cardiac event recorder designed for diagnostic evaluation of transient symptoms suggestive of a cardiac arrhythmia. These would be the same as listed for Holter Monitoring
The event monitor runs continuously but does not record until the patient experiences a symptom and pushes the button. It captures EKG data both before and after the patient experiences a cardiac symptom.
The event monitor is designed to be very comfortable and easy to use for patients who may not have symptoms occurring daily and will need longer term monitoring. The patient may wear this pager-sized device clipped to the belt, slipped into a shirt pocket, or suspended around the neck like a pendant. Day and night, the recorder continuously scans the EKG activity.
The event monitor will store up to five recordings and then can be downloaded to our office over the telephone (or brought directly to the office) for diagnosis and follow-up. We usually will have the patient use this over the course of 1-2 weeks.
This service is available at AFWC.
Pulmonary Function Testing:
A spirometer is a device that measures the amount of air that is breathed into or out of it. Several different types of tests can be done using a spirometer, each of which yields different information about the patient’s lung function.
Some indications for office spirometry are:
* Yearly evaluation of smokers over 40 years old.
* Follow-up visits for patients with asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, or other lung disease.
* Management of patients on bronchodilators.
* History of shortness of breath with exertion or at rest.
* History of chronic cough or sputum production.
* History of wheezing or chest tightness.
* History of frequent colds or allergic rhinitis.
* Early detection of heart failure.
* Preoperative evaluations for patients scheduled for thoracic or upper abdominal surgery.
* Occupational exposure to inhaled dust or chemicals.
* To evaluate the effects of environmental air pollution.
* Documentation of pulmonary disability
