This picture is of a doctor giving an ECG test with an ECG machine to a patient. ECG stands for Echocardiogram, which is a test where an ultrasound is used to examine the heart. It gives accurate measurements of the chambers in the heart and displays a cross-sectional “slice” of the beating heart, including the chambers, valves, and the major blood vessels that exit from the left and right ventricles. They use ECG tests to monitor the heart when the patient has a heart condition or heart disease, such as SVT.
Jerome, Louie. "Common Medical Abbreviations and What They Really Mean." Healthmad. Healthmad, 11 Feb. 2008. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. <http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/common-medical-abbreviations-and-what-they-really-mean/>.
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