ECG
Americanabbreviation
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electrocardiogram
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electrocardiograph
Example Sentences
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They had to call an ambulance and hook me up to an ECG machine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
While the first prototype was relatively basic, its future models also pioneered wearable health tech with features like ECG monitoring and fall detection, making it a key driver of health and fitness technology.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Miss Nicholls had undergone an ECG but the result had not been "interpreted accurately", her mother said.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
Fortunately, the heart rates recorded via ECG closely matched those obtained using the millimeter-wave radar for both chimpanzees, validating the proposed strategy.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024
“This is precisely what docs don’t trust. They say, ‘This process must be more complicated than just looking at an ECG and asking these few questions.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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