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• n  a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

• Feeling pain in his shoulder and chest, Miyagi last August checked himself into a local hospital, where a nurse gave him an electrocardiogram (ECG) to test for possible heart .
• Her electrocardiogram comes back normal, and blood tests indicate no cardiac damage.
• Kile's examination probably included an electrocardiogram (ECG), which gives doctors an indirect reading on how well the heart muscle is working by monitoring its electrical .

• cardiogram
• EKG
• ECG

News & Articles

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• New consumer health care application from Finland
  ( VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ) A research scientist working at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a user-friendly smart phone application that allows consumers to take an electrocardiogram in the comfort of their own homes. The pocket-size device communicates with your mobile phone. Irregularities in the heartbeat can be seen with the application which helps to ...
  June 11, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Silvio Berlusconi in Reuters.uk
  They found something on the electrocardiogram, something like an irregular heartbeat, so they want to keep me under observation for 24 hours,said Berlusconi, who overcame prostate cancer in the 1990s.
• Ram Gopal Varma in Daily Telegraph
  He will be attached to an (electrocardiogram) machine to monitor his heartbeat and the machine will be connected to a screen outside the hall. If his heartbeat stays normal, he will win 500,000 rupees ($A12,000),Varma said.
• Javier Aguirre in This is Aberdeen
  Aguirre added: "The type of football we are playing right now is total madness. I guess the fans who come to the Calderon stadium probably need an electrocardiogram before, during and after the match because we are playing heart-attack soccer. The...