2007-01-23 06:40:00 · 4 answers · asked by justcurious 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
An EKG is an electrocardiogram. Wires are connected to you skin to measure the electrical activity of you heart. It is relatively easy to do with minimal training.
An echo cardiogram uses an ultrasound machine to bounce sound waves off you heart to create an image or picture of your heart. I show the mechanical function of your heart. It takes very expensive equipment and a qualified technician to preform it.
2007-01-23 06:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello justcurious,
And ECHO, is a proceedure reading that uses ultrasonography to provide a picture of an organ (like the heart) in real time. An EKG is a proceedure that gives a reading of the electrical activity of the heart. With an echogram, you get some cold jelly put on your skin (chest area for heart) and a sensor placed over the heart area for a peek inside. With an EKG, you get all wired up and an graph reading of the electrical activity going on as your heart beats.
Both proceedures are painless.
S
2007-01-23 14:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by Sharlene R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Echo measures heart function using sound-waves.
An EKG measure the electrical activity of the heat.
2007-01-23 15:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An echocardiogram is basically an ultrasound of the heart. An EKG measures the electrical signals that control the rhythm of the heartbeat.
-MM
2007-01-23 14:47:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋