Many people think a normal ECG means their heart is fine. An ECG is a useful test to detect heart problems but can't rule out a heart attack with certainty. An ECG can be normal in a patient who is ...

Dear Doctors: I wound up in the emergency room with a heart arrhythmia. It kept beating too fast, too slow and skipping beats, one after the other nonstop. They did an EKG but said it looked normal.

An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a common heart health test, but a normal result doesn't guarantee a healthy heart. The electrical system is measured by ECG, but it cannot detect blockages or structural ...

Even if your ECG comes back normal, it doesn't always mean your heart is completely healthy. Subtle issues can go unnoticed, and knowing the right signs to watch for can make all the difference. Dr ...

The team taking care of the patient did not take any further steps. They felt reassured by the patient being "stable" with improving chest pain (pain less severe than at the onset), by the ECG not ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can detect signs of existing or emerging A-fib in ECGs that exhibit normal sinus rhythm, Mayo Clinic researchers have found. Their retrospective analysis, published online ...

At an electrophysiology meeting one would expect a lot of interest in the high-tech and cutting edge. Yet one constant I find at European meetings is the popularity of sports cardiology, a decidedly ...

Symptoms of Heart Disease: If you have an ECG and the report comes out normal, it doesn't mean your heart is completely healthy and you have no problems. Sometimes, people may show signs of heart ...

"The good performance in patients with a normal EKG is fascinating," says Dr. Noseworthy. "It's interesting to see that even a normal EKG can look abnormal to a convolutional neural network. This ...