{"id":24,"date":"2022-11-13T22:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T22:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lab6eportfolio.local\/?p=24"},"modified":"2022-11-13T22:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T22:30:27","slug":"where-is-ecg-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Where is ECG used."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An ECG is often used alongside other tests to help diagnose and monitor conditions affecting the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be used to investigate symptoms of a possible heart problem, such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/chest-pain\/\">chest pain<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/heart-palpitations\/\">palpitations<\/a>&nbsp;(suddenly noticeable heartbeats),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/dizziness\/\">dizziness<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/shortness-of-breath\/\">shortness of breath<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An&nbsp;ECG can help detect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/arrhythmia\/\"><strong>arrhythmias<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;where the heart beats&nbsp;too slowly, too quickly, or irregularly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/coronary-heart-disease\/\"><strong>coronary heart disease<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;where the heart&#8217;s blood supply is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/heart-attack\/\"><strong>heart attacks<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 where the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/cardiomyopathy\/\"><strong>cardiomyopathy<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;where the heart walls become thickened or enlarged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A series of ECGs can also be taken over time to monitor a person already diagnosed with a heart condition or taking medication known to potentially affect the heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ECG is often used alongside other tests to help diagnose and monitor conditions affecting the heart. It can be used to investigate symptoms of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pi.cs.oswego.edu\/~mdesai\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}