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Electrocardiograph
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e·lec·tro·car·di·o·graph (-lktr-kärd--grf)
n. Abbr. ECG, EKG
An instrument used in the detection and diagnosis of heart abnormalities that measures electrical potentials on the body surface and generates a record of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity. Also called cardiograph.
e·lectro·cardi·ogra·phy (-kärd-gr-f) n.
Electrocardiograph (ECG, EKG)
A test of a patient's heartbeat that involves placing leads, or detectors, on the patient's chest to record electrical impulses in the heart. This test will produce a strip, or picture record of the heart's electrical functioning.
Mentioned in: Congenital Heart Disease, Sick Sinus Syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
electrocardiograph
the apparatus used in electrocardiography.
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Portable electrocardiograph used during exercise. By permission from Hinchcliff KW, Kaneps AJ, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Saunders, 2004
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