EKG Machines Used To Check Heart Health December 29th, 2007

Before any visit to a cardiologist (a heart specialist), the recommending physician will almost always perform a test called an electrocardiograph. Electrocardiographs are done on EKG machines. These machines measure the electronic pulses created by the heart during and in between heartbeats.

This is done by attaching small electrodes to a person’s chest, arms and legs by an EKG specialist. These electrodes are then attached by small clamps to the EKG machines. The measurements are drawn on paper and printed out for a doctor to read. While the person who preforms the EKG may know how to read them, he or she will most likely tell any patient that asks that the doctor will read the results shortly and let them know.

Once a doctor receives the measurements on paper he will match the measurements and patterns he sees to one or more of several heart problems that can be diagnosed by this machine. Conduction disorders, electrolyte disturbances, valve disease, and an enlarged heart, are all types of problems that can be diagnosed by a doctor using an EKG machine.

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