Question 1

whats a ekg?

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Electrocardiogram: Did you just say you are a firefighter?  Seems an unusual question.

Question 2

what is an ekg?

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Electric heart signa: An ekg is a record of the electric impulses the heart gives off as it beats.  Several leads are placed on the chest wall to measure the inpuses from different directions and from different parts of the heart.  It is an easy and inexpensive way to look at heart activity and diagnose problems such as arrhythmias, heart attacks and conduction disorders.  It is also used for routine health screening.

Question 3

what are ekg's for?

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Heart evaluation: An EKG (also more properly known as an ecg) is an electrical tracing of your heart in 12 different positions ("12 lead ecg"). It is used to determine the the history and health of your heart.

Question 4

what exactly is an ekg?

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Electric heart signa: An ekg is a record of the electric impulses the heart gives off as it beats.  Several leads are placed on the chest wall to measure the inpuses from different directions and from different parts of the heart.  It is an easy and inexpensive way to look at heart activity and diagnose problems such as arrhythmias, heart attacks and conduction disorders.  It is also used for routine health screening.

Question 5

what could a abnormal ekg mean?

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Difficult to say: There are varying degrees of "abnormal". Dsiscuss specific abnormalities with your doctor or cardiologist.

Question 6

what does a q wave mean on a ekg?

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Old infarct: A Q wave means an old infarct (a previous heart attack) that resulted in permanent death of a part of the heart muscle. Depending on the location, extent, and other co-morbidities, it may or may not cause new health problems. The Q wave appears because the muscle can no longer transmit electrical signals through the heart. An EKG measures the electrical activity of the heart so that's how it looks.

Question 7

can angina be detected by ekg or eco ?

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Angina: Angina is a symptom that can be caused by a number of things. Your heart is 100% not causing your symptoms. Please stop wasting money and energy on what is not the problem and begin to address why you carry so much stress in your chest that your body reacts with pain. Your chest muscles are tired. They do not have enough oxygen. This is your body saying breathe!

Question 8

is telemetry the same. thing as an ekg?

Accepted Answer

Telemetry : Ecg teletype is remote ECG monitoring. The other thing you list doen't exist, or is phlebotomy performed with ECG monitoring.

Question 9

what is a wandering baseline on an ekg?

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ECG: wandering baseline means some electrical recording problem and does not relate to the patient's heart. Usually it is caused by electrode problems or sometimes problems in the ecg machine. It has no evil implications for the patient.

Question 10

can you read a ekg from an apple watch?

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No: Not on the free HealthTap platform. Best to get involve early, unless doing them just for fun would be your primary care doc who would be able to put such a test in a clinical context. Even better would be your cardiologist if already established and monitoring a specific cardiac condition.

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