A 42-year-old member asked:
What is the importance of ecg to diagnose every heart disease?
3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Arthur Hoffmananswered
Psychiatry 59 years experience
Primary yardstick: This is the starting place. There are more definitive metrics such as echo-cardiogram;however let's do the basics first.
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
Ecg: The ECG is diagnostic for cardiac rhythm, it is indicative of other things. After history and physical exam it is one of the first basic tests we use. Other tests are more informative for things other than rhythm.
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Dr. Rick Kochanswered
Cardiology 24 years experience
It can't : It can give us valuable clues but if it did everything there would be no other tests.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
What is the importance of an ECG to diagnose my heart disease?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
ECG: ECG is a basic test in cardiac diagnosis. If your cardiac problem is arrhythmia, the ECG is crucial/essential. Because of the complex nature of heart disease, we want an ECG on everybody as part of their cardiac evaluation.
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