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Wednesday, 25 December 2024

Electrocardiography

Examination of the heart's electrical activity


Electrocardiography
Electrocardiography

Electrocardiography is the process of producing an electrocardiogram, a recording of the heart's electrical activity through repeated cardiac cycles. It is an electrogram of the heart which is a graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes placed on the skin. These electrodes detect the small electrical changes that are a consequence of cardiac muscle depolarization followed by repolarization during each cardiac cycle (heartbeat). Changes in the normal ECG pattern occur in numerous cardiac abnormalities, including:

  • Cardiac rhythm disturbances, such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia;
  • Inadequate coronary artery blood flow, such as myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction;
  • and electrolyte disturbances, such as hypokalemia.
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