{"id":9606,"date":"2025-08-20T19:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/services\/examinations-and-procedures\/ecg-electrocardiography\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:35:10","slug":"ecg-electrocardiography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/services\/examinations-and-procedures\/ecg-electrocardiography\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG \u2013 Electrocardiography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9606\" class=\"elementor elementor-9606 elementor-8858\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3abebe56 tm-column-break-ipad-no tm-col-stretched-none elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3abebe56\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-887bb4e\" data-id=\"887bb4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45fc56c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45fc56c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Electrocardiography (ECG) is the recording of the heart\u2019s electrical activity using electrodes. It allows the assessment of:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28792774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28792774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p align=\"justify\">heart rhythm and heart rate<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">disturbances in blood supply to the heart muscle (myocardial ischemia)<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">myocardial infarction (acute heart attack, previous heart attack)<\/p><\/li><li><p align=\"justify\">overload and enlargement of the heart chambers<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p align=\"justify\">ECG may need to be performed at short intervals, as changes can develop rapidly in acute conditions affecting heart function (for example, myocardial infarction). Previously performed ECGs should, if possible, be kept and taken along to a doctor\u2019s appointment or to the hospital. This can be of great help in an emergency situation.<\/p><p align=\"justify\">The examination lasts 5\u201310 minutes.<\/p><p align=\"justify\">During the examination, electrodes are placed on the bare chest, arms, and legs. The patient is asked to lie still and quietly while the ECG is being recorded. If the patient\u2019s chest is hairy, partial shaving may be necessary to ensure proper electrode placement and good-quality imaging.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e6e182 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"45e6e182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de23607 tm-btn-color-skincolor tm-btn-style-flat tm-btn-shape-square tm-icon-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1de23607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/book-an-appointment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-long-arrow-alt-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M313.941 216H12c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v56c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12h301.941v46.059c0 21.382 25.851 32.09 40.971 16.971l86.059-86.059c9.373-9.373 9.373-24.569 0-33.941l-86.059-86.059c-15.119-15.119-40.971-4.411-40.971 16.971V216z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BOOK AN APPOINTMENT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electrocardiography (ECG) is the recording of the heart\u2019s electrical activity using electrodes. It allows the assessment of: heart rhythm and heart rate disturbances in blood supply to the heart muscle (myocardial ischemia) myocardial infarction (acute heart attack, previous heart attack) overload and enlargement of the heart chambers ECG may need to be performed at short &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/services\/examinations-and-procedures\/ecg-electrocardiography\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ECG \u2013 Electrocardiography<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":9503,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9606","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9607,"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9606\/revisions\/9607"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estendo.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}