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ECG

Our heart has a natural electrical system that causes it to contract and pump blood to the body. An ECG or Electrocardiogram is a test that examines the electrical activity of your heart. An ECG depicts the heart’s activity as line tracings on paper. The spikes and dips are called waves.
An ECG contributes to:
  • Identify the cause of unexplained chest pressure or pain. The cause could be a heart attack, insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle (angina), or inflammation of the sac that protects and surrounds the heart (pericarditis).
  • Identify the cause of symptoms of cardiovascular disease such as palpitations, fainting, dizziness, shortness of breath
  • Identify if the walls of the heart chambers are too thick
  • Check how efficiently the medication is working and whether they are causing any side effects that affect the heart
  • Check how efficiently mechanical devices such as pacemakers implanted in the heart are working
  • Check how healthy the heart is when other conditions such as diabetes, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, family history of heart disease are present