Electrocardiography
Synonyms
ECG
EKG
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiograms
Electrocardiograph
Electrocardiographs
Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY.