Michael n. comes to the emergency department complaining of chest pain, nausea, and shortness of breath. the diagnostic test ordered for this patient is a (n) ____________________, a test that records electrical activity of his heart.
The
answer to this question is electrocardiogram. Electrocardiogram or ECG is a
test that records the patient’s heartbeat and checks the electrical activity of
the patient’s heart. The electrodes that are placed on the skin of the patient
to capture the magnitude of the heart’s electrical depolarization and to check
any presence of heart muscle damage.
