Electrocardiography

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Is a:
  • Medical Device
  • Laboratory or Test Result
  • Diagnostic Procedure
Definition:
Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the heart as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a cathode ray tube display.
Synonyms:
  • Cardioscope
  • Cardioscopes
  • ECG
  • EKG
  • Electrocardiogram
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