ECG Services
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Dev Diagnostic ECG Services
It is a simple test that can be used to check your heart’s rhythm and electrical activity. Sensors attached to the skin are used to detect the electrical signals produced by your heart each time it beats. These signals are recorded by a machine and are looked at by a doctor to see if they’re unusual. A health care provider might use an electrocardiogram to determine or detect irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), blocked or narrowed arteries in the heart (coronary artery disease). You may need an ECG if you have chest pain, dizziness or lightheadedness, heart palpitations, rapid pulse, shortness of breath, weakness or fatigue.
To look for the cause of chest pain.
To evaluate problems that may be heart-related, such as severe tiredness (fatigue), shortness of breath, dizziness, or fainting
To identify irregular heartbeats
To help assess the overall health of the heart before procedures, such as surgery; after treatment for a heart attack (myocardial infarction), endocarditis (inflammation or infection of one or more of the heart valves), or other condition; or after heart surgery or cardiac catheterization
To see how an implanted pacemaker is working
To find out how well certain heart medicines are working
To get a baseline tracing of the heart’s function during a physical exam, which can be compared with future ECGs
What is an ECG?
An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is one of the simplest and fastest tests used to evaluate the heart. Electrodes (small, plastic patches that stick to the skin) are placed at certain spots on the chest, arms, and legs. The electrodes are connected to an ECG machine by lead wires.
How it works
Natural electrical impulses coordinate contractions of the different parts of the heart to keep blood flowing the way it should. An ECG records these impulses to show how fast the heart is beating, the rhythm of the heart beats (steady or irregular), and the timing of the electrical impulses as they move through the different parts of the heart. Changes in an ECG can be a sign of many heart-related conditions.