2006-07-06 23:03:06 · 8 answers · asked by ps 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
EKG Stands for: ECG / EKG: Electrocardiogram
An electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG) is a test that measures the electrical signals that control the rhythm of your heartbeat.
An electrocardiogram may show:
-Evidence of heart enlargement.
-Signs of insufficient blood flow to the heart.
-Signs of a new or previous injury to the heart (heart attack).
-Heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias).
-Changes in the electrical activity of the heart caused by an electrolyte imbalance in the body.
-Signs of inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart (pericarditis).
2006-07-08 10:44:05 · answer #1 · answered by hello 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Electrocardiograph (ECG). An instrument containing a string galvanometer through which passes the electrical current produced by the heart's contraction. A permanent record (electrocardiogram, ECG) of these oscillations is made on a moving drum of graph paper.
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2006-07-07 03:48:01 · answer #2 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E C G is electro cardio gram-- It is a graphic representation of electrical potentials of heart in various leads.This graph is useful to diagnose atrial ventricular enlargement / thickening,atrial ventricular fibrillation/flutter,ischemic heart disease,and various heart blocks
Electrocardiograph--is the machine that records it.
It is non invasive safe and cheap .
2006-07-06 23:13:59 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An electro cardiogram. Which is used to monitor the electrical rhythms of the heart.
2006-07-06 23:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by innkeeper95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electrocardiogram. It's that beeping graphic in the hospitals. It measures the electric voltage in your heart.
2006-07-06 23:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It measures electrical activity in the brain in reference to thebody
2006-07-13 11:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by DOCP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electro cardio gram.......its a device to measure heart's various statics....gimme A 10 p0inter
2006-07-06 23:07:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ecg--- e electric----c cargo---g gram
2006-07-06 23:21:43 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋