WordNet
n. a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart [syn: cardiac monitor]
Usage examples of "heart monitor".
So if the system was working correctly, she had reasoned, the onset of the long diastole should have immediately sent the heart monitor outside the expected range and triggered an alarm.
His voice grew softer still, given substance by the steady percussion of the heart monitor above the bed.
The heart monitor shows signs of activity--- very faint, but activity nonetheless.
The tech was right: the heart monitor was registering a living organism.
The shouting behind him increased, and added to it came the keening wail of a heart monitor linked to a patient with a pulse of zero.
Tegan found comfort in the constant blipping of the heart monitor on the wall, showing Charles’.
Was it wishful thinking, or was the heart monitor showing a slight increase in pulse?