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A Guide to Electrocardiogram (EKG) Testing: What to Expect
Temporary issues: An EKG captures your heart activity at one moment in time. If your symptoms are intermittent, they might ...
State Court Considers If Physician Can Be Held Liable for Lack of Tests, Treatment
"We said that was a continuing stream of treatment and, therefore, the statute of repose applied. But here, we don't have ...
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Cardiologist: Breast implants skew heart attack test
But the women were given a clear bill of health with other heart checks. "We think the abnormal ECG recordings were false readings due to the implants," said Dr Bun. "We have two hypotheses.
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Accuracy of ECG interpretation in competitive athletes: the impact of using standardised ECG criteria
Paired t tests were used to compare the proportion of ECGs correctly categorised (normal vs abnormal) before and after use of the ECG criteria guideline. Student t test was used to compare the ...
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MEASUREMENT METHOD IS IMPORTANT FOR INTERPRETATION OF ATHLETES' ECG
Objective To test the correlations between visual and computer-based measurements, and examine how method choice influences prevalence of abnormal ECG findings. Design Cross-sectional study on the ...
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Wolverhampton mother died after paramedics misread ECG test - inquest
Coroner Ms Lees said the mother-of-one died of a myocardial infarction after having an ECG which was abnormal and was wrongly interpreted. Her symptoms were consistent with a cardiac event at the ...