Svensk definition
Med elektroder på bröstkorgen registreras elektrisk aktivitet från hjärtmuskeln och åskådliggörs som en funktion av tiden i ett diagram (elektrokardiogram). Hjärtats signaler kan presenteras på datorskärm och genom pappersutskrift.
Electrocardiography
Elektrokardiografi
Engelsk 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.
Svenska synonymer
EKG — Elektrokardiogram — Elektrokardiograf
Engelska synonymer
EKG — Cardiography — Cardiographies — ECG — Electrocardiograph — Electrocardiographs — Electrocardiogram — Electrocardiograms — 12-Lead ECG — 12 Lead ECG — 12-Lead ECGs — ECG, 12-Lead — 12-Lead Electrocardiography — 12 Lead Electrocardiography — 12-Lead Electrocardiographies — Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead — Electrocardiography, 12-Lead — 12-Lead EKG — 12 Lead EKG — 12-Lead EKGs — EKG, 12-Lead