![]() ![]() If your GP requested the E.C.G., the tracing is put aside for the cardiac doctor to report. to take back to the nurse who is looking after you. the physiologist will give you the E.C.G. If as an in-patient you are sent to the cardiology department for your E.C.G. If you are a patient in a ward in the hospital the physiologist who has performed the E.C.G. If you are not going back to the out-patient clinic the tracing is sent to the medical filing room for filing in your chart. If you are going back to the out-patient clinic, you will bring the printout with you. findings at the time as the reading has to reported on by a Doctor. The physiologist cannot give you any results or discuss the E.C.G. gives the doctor information about your heart rate, heart rhythm and may or may not show evidence of heart disease. What information can be obtained from the E.C.G? The test generally takes about five minutes. The physiologist will remove the electrodes. machine prints out a graph of your heart rhythm. The physiologist may ask you to take a deep breath in and to hold your breath for a few seconds. This may be extended if more information is required. Once all the electrodes are in place you will be asked to try and relax and stay still for approximately one to two minutes. The physiologist will then attach the electrodes to the E.C.G. The physiologist will apply small stickers called "electrodes" to your wrists, ankles and your chest, generally 10 electrodes in all. When you are undressed you will be asked to lie flat on the examination couch. If you are wearing knee length stockings or tights you will need to remove them. They will ask you to remove all your top clothes. You will be brought into a cubicle in the diagnostic department by a Cardiac physiologist. takes a recording of the electrical activity of the heart (heart beat) onto paper. An Electrocardiograph (E.C.G.) is the most common cardiac test carried out on cardiac patients. ![]()
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