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Both EKG and ECG are acceptable abbreviations of echocardiogram. I personally use EKG because with the hard "K" sound it is less likely to be confused with EEG which stands for electroencephalogram
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the abbreviation for Electrocardiogram is either EKG or ECG
ECG (electrocardiogram). The initialism "EKG" was introduced because "ECG" was too easily confused with "EEG" (electroencephalogram), when interpreting verbal orders.
It stands for "electrocardiogram", a basic read-out of the function of the heart muscle.
EEG is used for the electroencephalogram. It is sometimes confused for the one used for the heart called the EKG (ECG) electrocardiogram.
because in Germany they called it an electrokardiogram. and EKG stuck. but cardio is greek deriviative and in English we say ECG... but its still easier and rolls off the tongue better as EKG so it has stuck.
Cardiac electrophysiology is the medical specialty that studies the electrical activity of the heart. One of the tools of this field is electrocardiography, which is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart, creating an electrocardiogram.
NSST on an ECG stands for non-specific ST, and is usually followed by the word "changes." Non-specific ST changes are alterations in the shape, height, or slope of the ST segment in the ECG that don't point to a particular diagnosis.
ECG stands for ElectroCardioGram
Never. An ECG is a test, not an illness or disease.