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13
1. Know Your Monitor
1.5
Reading Your EKG Result
When the EKG recording is finished, the results are displayed on the downloaded “OMRON connect US/CAN” app as:
Possible Atrial Fibrillation (or AFib), Bradycardia, Tachycardia, Normal, Unreadable or Unclassified.
The detectors of EKG have been developed and tested on Lead I recordings only.
Note
• You must download and follow up instructions for setting up the app.
Atrial Fibrillation detector
The Atrial Fibrillation detector detects possible atrial fibrillation in an EKG tracing. After you record an EKG, if possible
atrial fibrillation is detected you will be notified as Possible Atrial Fibrillation (or AFib) within the app. This finding is not a
diagnosis, it is only a potential finding for the recorded EKG. You should contact your physician to review any EKG
recording in which possible atrial fibrillation was detected. If you are experiencing any symptoms or concerns contact a
medical professional.
Atrial fibrillation means the most common type of non-sinus tachyarrhythmia. In atrial fibrillation, disorganized electrical
impulses that originate in the atria and pulmonary veins initiate the electrical activity in the conduction system of the
heart. This causes what are commonly termed as “irregularly irregular” heart beats.
When a heart is in atrial fibrillation, its two upper chambers, the right and left atria, essentially quiver instead of beating
efficiently.
This does not allow for complete emptying of the atria and thus blood may become stagnant and create blood clots.
This can lead to major health problems, including strokes, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), and pulmonary emboli
(PEs); depending which chamber of the heart has the blood clot in it.
Approximately 15 percent of strokes occur in people with atrial fibrillation. As age increases in a population, so too does
the incidence of atrial fibrillation, which peaks at about 3-5 % in people over the age of 65.
The most common presenting symptoms of atrial fibrillation are palpitations, dizziness, fast heart rate, irregularly irregular
rhythm, an abnormal heart sound (S1), chest pain, chronic shortness of breath, abnormal jugular venous pressure,
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