electrocardiogram
noun
elec·tro·car·dio·gram
i-ˌlek-trō-ˈkär-dē-ə-ˌgram 
: the tracing made by an electrocardiograph
also
: the procedure for producing an electrocardiogram
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Trad then used his personal ECG – an electrocardiogram that measures the heart’s electrical activity – to help monitor the man’s heart for abnormal beats, or arrhythmias.
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Between the five of them, the sensing pads record electrocardiogram (ECG), seismocardiogram (SCG) and gyrocardiogram (GCG) cardiac signals – ECG is the electrical activity of the heart, whereas SCG and GCG are mechanical.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025
On a recent day, a massive stamping machine punched out at a dizzying pace the stainless steel, connector studs that will be eventually adhered to the patches placed on a patient’s body for a heart-monitoring electrocardiogram.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
The human heart beats up to 120,000 times a day, so analyzing long-term electrocardiograms that may have recorded every heartbeat for days or weeks is a time-consuming process, researchers wrote in Nature Medicine.
—Nancy Lapid, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Between the five of them, the sensing pads record electrocardiogram (ECG), seismocardiogram (SCG) and gyrocardiogram (GCG) cardiac signals – ECG is the electrical activity of the heart, whereas SCG and GCG are mechanical.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025
On a recent day, a massive stamping machine punched out at a dizzying pace the stainless steel, connector studs that will be eventually adhered to the patches placed on a patient’s body for a heart-monitoring electrocardiogram.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
The human heart beats up to 120,000 times a day, so analyzing long-term electrocardiograms that may have recorded every heartbeat for days or weeks is a time-consuming process, researchers wrote in Nature Medicine.
—Nancy Lapid, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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electrocardiogram
noun
elec·tro·car·dio·gram
-ˈkärd-ē-ə-ˌgram
: the tracing made by an electrocardiograph
also
: the procedure for producing an electrocardiogram
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