Artificial intelligence programs can spot patterns in electrocardiograms that humans miss. Now, one program is going to be ...

What's the source of the unusual electrocardiogram (ECG) findings in a patient presenting with dizziness and limb weakness? That's the mystery posed in a recent case report. The diagnostic challenge ...

Correspondence to Ricardo Stein, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil; rstein{at}cardiol.br Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of abnormal ECG findings and ...

Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy did not reduce mortality in patients with a prior myocardial infarction, persistent moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ...

A doctor may refer to an electrocardiogram as an “ECG” or “EKG.” It uses electrodes to measure the electrical activity of the heart. This can help medical professionals detect heart abnormalities, ...

Even minor ECG abnormalities detected with annual checks signal a greater risk of future CVD events, a study of several million working-age people affirms, although questions remain about whether ...

The main objective of this study was to investigate the incidence and characteristics of electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with microtia, and to explore cardiac maldevelopment associated ...

An EKG can detect disruptions in the heart’s electrical activity, potentially indicating damage from a past heart attack, but it is most accurate when used with other tests. While an EKG can help ...

More than half of participants in the GRADE trial had ECG abnormalities (57.1%) and ECG-defined cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (52.8%) at baseline. The presence of these abnormalities was ...

QRS interval widening appears to be highly specific for the diagnosis of hyperkalemia in patients with end-stage kidney disease. ECG changes, in general, have poor sensitivities for hyperkalemia in ...