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A member asked:

Do you need an annual ecg if all have been the same year after year for over a decade?

5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

Not : Routinely , unless something has changed and you have been experiencing chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations or syncope(fainting).

Dr Villaplana agreed

Answered 3/16/2017

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Ecg: Don't need a yearly ECG unless something in condition has changed to raise a question about the heart or rhythm.

Dr Koch agreed

Answered 6/10/2014

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Dr. Rick Koch answered

Not necessarily : Unless assessing for heart rhythm issue or have history of mi.

Dr Shen agreed

Answered 3/31/2013

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Ecg says regular rhythm with P wave difficult to define. What does that mean. Had an Ecg dx me with supravent tachy too. Workup last year was good.

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I'm 17 and I have been diagnosed 2 wks ago with wpw. 4 year ago I had a borderline ecg,How did a dr not pick up on it then? Can it come and go on ecg?

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My ECG result last year and this year showed the same result: poor R wave progression,v1-v3 with nonspecific st-t wave changes. Should i be concerned?

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28 years, male. The QRS complex in the ECG is very low voltage. about 0.5 to 0.6 mV. I'm very lean and not overweight. chewing tobaco frm last 12 year?

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A member asked:

Hi im teenager ive been smoking for 1 year and stopped for 3 months will it appear in chest xray,bloodtest and ecg?

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