Question 1

hi, what is ecg?

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Heart rhythm test: ECG (electrocardiogram) and EKG (elektrokardiogramm - German spelling) are the same thing.  The English language includes words originating from many different languages. The ECG looks at the electrical rhythm and rate of the heart, at a moment in time. Other types of tests look at the rhythm and rate for a longer, 24-hour period.

Question 2

what is atypical ecg mean?

Accepted Answer

: That the pattern of the heart impulses are not what is considered normal. This can happen in disease and in a few without

Question 3

what is resting ecg?

Accepted Answer

An Electrocardiogram: An ECG also known as ekg stands for an electrocardiogram, it is used to record the hearts electrical activity and may help to diagnose some cardiac disorders. Other abnormalities such as lowering of body temperature, increase or decrease of the bodies electrolytes such as magnesium, potassium and calcium can cause abnormalities of the ecg.

Question 4

what is the ecg finding for an atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter?

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Fib/flutter waves: There are small waves from the atrial activity on 12-lead ecg.  Normally these are single, well defined P waves during sinus rhythm.  For flutter, they are rapid and regular, often with a "sawtooth" pattern.  For fib, the atrial activity is very random, irregular, and sometimes hard to see.   Atypical flutter can be hard to distinguish from "coarse" af by ecg.

Question 5

what is an electrocardiogram (ecg) used for?

Accepted Answer

Check your heart: An ekg (ECG) collects information about how the electrical impulse that maintains your heart rate is transmitted through your heart. It not only shows the rate of your hearbeat and its regularity or lack of, but can also give information about the size and strength of the chambers of your heart and sometimes about whether the heart muscle has been damaged, is receiving enough blood, etc.

Question 6

what is avl in ecg? and if it upward then what itmeans?

Accepted Answer

: aVL is one of the lateral lead (L = left). An upward QRS alone is not sufficient to say if the heart axis is in the normal range (-30 to +90) or not. Take care.

Question 7

what is the 12. lead ecg?

Accepted Answer

Tool: That allows a physician to look at the electrical activity traveling within the heart from 12 different angles.

Question 8

what is chest leads on ecg?

Accepted Answer

: The six chest leads (V1 to V6) measure the electrical pattern of the heart in the horizontal plane. The information from the limb electrodes is combined to produce the six limb leads (I, II, III, aVR, aVL, and aVF), which measure the electrical pattern of the heart in the vertical plane. The information from these 12 leads is combined to form a standard electrocardiogram.

Question 9

what is the importance of ecg to diagnose every heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Primary yardstick: This is the starting place. There are more definitive metrics such as echo-cardiogram;however let's do the basics first.

Question 10

if sumone had chest pain on exercise starting at 18 and is now 22 had echo, stress ecg, 24h ecg, ecg. what is chance of a congenital coronary anomaly?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: Not all chest pain is from the heart. I first would want to know the results of those tests - were they normal?  If the chest pain was from a coronary anomaly the stress echo may be abnormal.  Another option to consider with your doctor is a cardiac MRI or ct which are very good in confirming the presence of a coronary anomaly.  Hope that helps - good luck.

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