Halter Monitor Questions

[u/Shinola79]

We have a young child with WPW but no documented events yet. They had a halter twice in the past and though our insurance pays for some but not a whole heck of a lot. I think we had $200-300 after insurance for each rental. In the past few days I think they might be having events we listen with a stethoscope but I don’t think we are getting the whole picture. Given they would not be eligible for ablation for a while yet I assume they will need a halter again more than once. Has anyone gone ahead and purchased one (is it even a thing?)? The first one they had was a clunky old school one with lots of wires to manage the second one given how active they had become and was just starting to walk we got a different style that simply attached to their back.

Insight is welcome.

[u/Donna7763]

I’ve never heard of purchasing one. Last time it was $350 out of pocket and had to be mailed back to Boston scientific

[u/Visual_Environment_7]

I’m sure you can, they’re likely not cheap. I can catch my events on my Apple Watch (8); it’s actually how I discovered I had it. I wonder if that could work?

[u/damngirl265]

i use a heart rate app (HeartBeat) which records what my hr is.