Category: ECG

If you have been told you need a 24-hour heart monitor, your first question might be practical rather than medical: what on earth do I wear? It is one of the most commonly searched questions about Holter monitoring — and…

Around two million people in the UK are living with angina. Many of them waited months — or longer — before getting a proper diagnosis, because their symptoms were dismissed or their resting ECG came back normal. That delay carries…

Most people know an ECG involves sticky pads and wires. But very few know what is actually happening in those 30 seconds while the machine is running — or what the clinician is looking at when they study the trace…

  Most people put off heart tests because they assume it will eat up half their day. An ECG is one of the quickest, most useful tests in medicine — and knowing exactly how long it takes removes one of…

  Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the UK. Yet research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation found that women are 50% more likely than men to receive the wrong initial diagnosis following a heart…