Fitbit?

Hi

I have a Kardia mobile ECG device, it’s small and can fit on to your mobile phone. It’s made by Alivecor. I wouldn’t be without it now. My cardiologist says it gives as good if not better readings  than you would get in hospital, although it does not give a constant reading. Hope that helps, good Luck 

Hi JenniLynn,

Before my ablation last year I bought myself a Fitbit HR watch for that very reason. Unfortunately it was hopeless - when my heart rate suddenly soared from the normal 62 to over 200 bpm the Fitbit couldn't cope at all, it just showed a flat line!  If you want to measure your footsteps and keep fit they are great but useless for SVT attacks.

From Amazon I bought myself a heart rate monitor which clips onto your finger, like the ones used in hospitals.  It's very accurate but doesn't actually record anything.  I believe there is a gadget you can buy which clips onto a smart phone and can record SVT attacks and send them to your doctor.  I never actually used one and can't remember what it is called though.  I wish you the best of luck and really recommend an ablation.

Mary

Hi Jenni

I use my samsung health app and wear a fitbit too. It's made me more conscious of what my heart rate is but it's helped me recognise when it's high to rest up and allow the rate to come down. I think they are fairly accurate but others might disagree.

I started using Fitbit a few months ago to try and catch mine. Unfortunately my episodes are too short to catch with this. I believe the fitbit continuously monitors, however, on the app it gives you an average over 5 minutes, I've read that if you have it in excercise mode it will record second to second, but I've found you can only set this up for a certain number of minutes, not an all day thing, but even during excercise mode I have found the recording on the app averaging over 5 minutes. For example I can be working out, look at my watch which says 150 bpm, but when I look at the app on my phone it gives the average during that 5 minutes where my pulse went up as 130. I do not recommend it to catch your SVT unless they last more than 5 minutes, and at that point you should be able to use a hand help ekg. Good luck.

Mary90, you may be talking about the 'alivecore' heart monitor thing?

I actually only went to the ER this last time bc I checked my heart rate on my Samsung Health app and it said 249 and went up and down between that and 220s for over 30 mins. It wasn't really abnormal, that's how they usually are (although this one was a little longer, way longer as it was still 227 when I got to the hospital, so over 40 mins long), I've just never seen the numbers before, so I was shocked that it was getting that high. When I got to the hospital the Health app was only off by 2bpm, which really impressed me.

My attacks always last well over 5 mins! They average about 15-20, but sometimes more.

I have an Apple Watch. I use it all the time to monitor my heart rate. Also when I have an SVT attack it works out really well because I’m able to get a reading of my heart rate where the paramedics can’t because my heart is pumping to quickly. I read recently that Apple is working to develop an EKG monitor for the Apple Watch in the near future. Hope this helps.

As bicycler in my younger days, I had chest strap that put the heart rate on my handlebar display and found they have new chest strap that transmits to your phone. This chest strap is made by Polar and app is free on Android and other phones. Great display and shows my random SVT very well. Very stable app and I have even ran it for 8 hours all night! Lots of SVT! Check out Polar Industries apps.

I even use it on my walks as GPS shows route and exact mileage.