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Electrocardiography (ECG)
Diagnostic test reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
Connected diagnostic information
Explore this test as a linked health pathway
What this test measures
0This section shows the biological marker/agent measured by this diagnostic test. Each marker/agent opens its own page with related conditions. Detailed reference ranges are shown separately in the Reference ranges and concentrations section below, so they are not repeated here.
No measured biological markers/agents are listed yet for this diagnostic test.
Reference ranges and concentrations
0These ranges are pulled from the existing EH diagnostic-test reference range tables. They can vary by laboratory, method, age, sex, sample type and clinical situation.
No reference ranges are listed yet for this diagnostic test.
Conditions where linked markers may be increased or decreased
0This section links the test's biological markers/agents to related conditions. It is a browsing guide, not a diagnosis.
No increased/decreased condition-marker links are listed yet for the markers in this test.
Related disease pages directly linked to this test
22These are direct diagnostic-test-to-condition links stored in the EH database.
- Acute Bacterial Meningitis
- Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Acute Intermittent Porphyria
- Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
- Acute Renal Failure
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Acute Tubular Necrosis
- Acute Viral Hepatitis
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Angina
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Stenosis
- Apnea of Prematurity
- Atherosclerosis
- Atlantoaxial Subluxation
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cor Pulmonale
- Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy
Full article / legacy information
Electrocardiography (ECG)
External links
- Electrocardiogram, EKG, or ECG – Explanation of what an ECG is, who needs one, what to expect during one, etc. Written by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (a division of the NIH)
- University of Maryland School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Interest Group – Introduction to EKGs as written by a medical student and a cardiologist
- ECG in 100 steps: Slideshow
- ECG Lead Placement – A teaching guide "designed for student nurses who know nothing at all about Cardiology"
- ECGpedia: Course for interpretation of ECG
- 12-lead ECG library
- Simulation tool to demonstrate and study the relation between the electric activity of the heart and the ECG
- Minnesota ECG Code
- openECGproject - help develop an open ECG solution
- EKG Review: Arrhythmias – A guide to reading ECGs not written for a university biology (anatomy and physiology) course.