NEW YORK --Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before getting drugs like Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder, the American Heart ...

An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a quick test that demonstrates how your heart's electrical activity operates. It is run in both routine health check-ups and emergency situations to detect a range of ...

A new study finds that addition of electrocardiogram testing to the standard medical history and physical examination for young athletes may better identify cardiovascular abnormalities responsible ...

With summer on the horizon, testing and exams are not words students and parents want to think about until August. But this test requires no advance studying and is painless. An electrocardiogram, or ...

If the finding on an ECG is “septal infarct, age undetermined,” it means that the patient possibly had a heart attack at an undetermined time in the past. Septal infarct is a patch of dead, dying, or ...

PLUGGED IN: Zachary Pena, 11 is prepped for an EKG screening by EKG technician Jennifer Ayala and cardiologist Dr. Anthony Rossi at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital on July 13, 2015. EKGs can detect fatal ...

Pediatric cardiologists are prone to misinterpreting electrocardiograms when using the results to determine whether young athletes have heart defects that could make exercising perilous, according to ...

The estimated 2 billion people in the world who lack access to basic health care may be heartened to hear about a 17-year-old girl from New Jersey who invented an inexpensive and portable ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, may or may not cause symptoms. Your doctor could find it during a regular physical. Or you might make an appointment after you notice signs like a fluttering heartbeat or ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abnormalities seen on electrocardiogram - a test that detects and records the heart's electrical activity -- are twice as common in black professional football players as ...