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Should i be concerned about baseline wandering on an ecg?
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ECG : Baseline wandering on ECG is not a cardiac finding and is a concern only for the quality of recording.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Not to worry: Wandering baseline is "signal noise" or "artifact" on an ekg caused by loose connections, patient breathing, etc... But nothing to do with the activity of the heart.
Answered 5/3/2015
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