An electrocardiogram, also called an ECG or EKG, is a simple and painless test that measures the electrical impulses of your heart to check for signs of heart disease. It's done through small ...

Edwin Jacob plays football and basketball atFranklin High School. Herecently came to a youth heart screening event organized by the Nick of Time Foundation at his school. Just relax totally, and take ...

Using electrodes to test the electrical activity of the heart is unlikely to help doctors figure out who is at risk of coronary heart disease, according to new recommendations from a government-backed ...

BOSTON, MA — A new study has shed light on which low-risk patients who have inconclusive exercise ECG tests might safely avoid additional downstream imaging tests to detect potential CAD [1]. Patients ...

Samuel is a fourth-grader who plays soccer. On the day we met, he was lying on an examination table at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital with a mass of wires connected to his body. "It's measuring your ...

Brian Hainline, the NCAA's chief medical officer, will no longer advocate men's basketball players take EKG tests to determine cardiac defects in the wake of mounting criticism of the idea from ...