If you want to get super technical about the ECG electrodes versus the EKG - then no, I guess they do not have their differences. But when most people talk about or define the ECG they just count in the EKG machine as being the same thing even though the EKG is just the German version - Elektrokardiogramm.
This is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heartbeat. Activity includes things such as; abnormal rhythms of the heart, particularly abnormal rhythms caused by impairment to the semiconducting tissue that carries electrical signals, or abnormal rhythms caused by levels of dissolved salts, such as potassium that are too high or low.
It can also catch other things as well such as heart disease, MVP, heart palpitations, cardiac arrhythmia, congenital heart defects (birth defects), pericarditis and any number of other heart related infarction's. Supposedly, there is even a new machine that can detect hidden heart attacks that haven't even happened yet.
I had one of these a few years back. At first it sounds a little life threatening. You seem to jump ahead to thoughts of things really being wrong. But actually this is a good thing or can be a good thing if your doctor wants you to get one of these tests done.
Monday, June 15, 2009
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