An electrocardiogram (EKG) measures your heart's electrical activity. Find out what an abnormal EKG means and understand your treatment options.

Examples of some A-fib types a doctor can identify by EKG include the following: Ashman’s phenomenon : A type of A-fib where there is a long pause between heartbeats, then several beats that are ...

This can help medical professionals detect heart abnormalities, such as heart damage or abnormal heart rhythms. One common health condition that an ECG can help diagnose is coronary artery disease ...

The lengthening of the PR interval is a sign of abnormal heart rhythm. Compared with the controls, the average PR interval was 8.3 milliseconds, 5.5 percent longer in the psoriatic arthritis patients.

Background Interpretation of ECGs in athletes is complicated by physiological changes related to training. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of ECG interpretation in athletes ...

Rationale. A 12-lead ECG is an important initial diagnostic test for identifying the likely cause of the transient loss of consciousness in some people, and especially in predicting adverse events ...

Results 186 (17.3%) had an abnormal ECG according to ESC recommendations and a further 30 (2.8)% had unclassified changes. Three athletes (0.3%) were found to have a cardiac abnormality on further ...

Physiologic, training-related ECG changes were detected in 89.0% of athletes; the most prevalent was early repolarization (69.7%). ECG abnormalities defined by the international criteria were found in ...

The purpose of this lecture, therefore, was to review the criteria used to separate the normal from the abnormal ECG in an athlete. This is important, as was pointed out by a European specialist ...

People with a suspected cardiac arrhythmic cause of syncope are offered an ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) as a first-line specialist cardiovascular investigation. Rationale In some people, ...