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ECG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
Synonyms:
cardiogram; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ECG" is a kind of...):
graph; graphical record; graphical recording (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)
Holonyms ("ECG" is a part of...):
checkup; health check; medical; medical checkup; medical exam; medical examination (a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person)
Context examples:
An electrocardiographic finding of an acute myocardial infarction which produces characteristic elevations of the ST segment of the ECG.
(Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
The unit of measure for the original ECG result.
(Electrocardiogram Original Result Unit of Measure, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology codelist used with ECG Test Methods within the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Study Data Tabulation Model.
(CDISC SDTM ECG Test Method Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the absence of structural heart disease, associated with a baseline ECG pattern during sinus rhythm showing right bundle branch block with ST segment elevation in leads V1 through V3.
(Brugada Syndrome Ventricular Arrhythmia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic assessment of the mean cardiac electrical vector and ECG voltage.
(Axis and Voltage ECG Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
A myocardial infarction that does not produce elevation in the ST segments of the ECG.
(Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This is manifest on the ECG by regular P waves which intermittently are not followed by QRS complexes.
(AV Block Second Degree by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V1, V2 and often V3, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the intraventricular septum and which is new compared to prior ECGs.
(New Septal Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Terminology codelist used with ECG Findings and Abnormalities within the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Study Data Tabulation Model.
(CDISC SDTM ECG Finding Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
This SDTM class captures the observations resulting from planned evaluations to address specific tests or questions such as laboratory tests, ECG testing, and questions listed on questionnaires.
(CDISC Findings Class, NCI Thesaurus)
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