In this video, Lt Gen (Dr.) Anup Banerji, Senior Consultant - Cardiac Sciences, Manipal Hospital Saltlake, explains the importance ...

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Importance of ECG | Types of ECG | Manipal Hospital Saltlake

greetings from manipal hospital Sal Lake I am Dr ano banery I am a cardiologist at this hospital today my aim shall be to discuss with you a very basic simple easily available and inexpensive investigation for the management of heart diseases this is what you commonly know the ECG which is the electrocardiogram which is given on a piece of paper you shall be surprised to know that amongst the various investigations which a cardiologist or a doctor orders for right from a ECG to a cardiac MRI going through IAS occt and EP studies the ECG is the only investigation which enlightens you and the doctor about all three functions of the heart and much beyond the heart consists of basically three entities first is the electrical circuit the battery which controls the heart rate and Rhythm the next is the arteries of the heart which control the blood flow and therefore the oxygen supply and the third is the muscle of the heart which gives the power of contraction to enable the heart to pump properly the ECG gives us the information of all three over and above the ECG can be a useful screening test for various conditions like bugard syndrome HCM prolonged QT interval which are causing sudden deaths in the individuals which is which you are alarmed to see in the society the ECG also tells us about excessive drug dosages certain drugs which cause harm can be uh the effects can be picked up by ECG the effects of electrolyte imbalance so sodium calcium magnesium in the body can be picked up far early in the ECG than in the blood test and also the exposure to extremes of temperature can also be picked up by the ECG the ECG can be done in various forms first is when you visit the doctor's clinic when you may or may not be having symptoms related to heart disease next is the exercise ECG or the stress ECG in which we stress the heart to see whether the blood supply is normal or abnormal the ambulatory ECG or the hter monitoring in which we record the ECG for days now in which certain events related to the your heart rate can be picked up which are not picked up when your uh when the ECG is being taken the ambulatory ECG has further gone for implantable loop recorder in which a capsule sized implant is put under your skin which can stay for years and then your electrical activity in the form of a qu ECG can be picked up lastly in the modern era your smart watches can pick up your ECG when you are under any physical mental emotional stress which can cause heart problems I hope we have enlightened you and discussed with you the multifaceted role of a very simple investigation called ECG thank you

Dr.

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