What is it?

An electocardiogram or ECG as it’s more commonly known is a assessment procedure undertaken to record the electrical activity of the patients heart.

For any patient enquiries please speak to your cardiologist or contact Mildura Cardiology by phone (03) 5023 8111.

Procedure Information

What to bring

+ Request form for procedure
+ Any concession cards including Medicare and private heath fund cards.
+ All current medication in its original packaging.

Pre-Procedure

No special preparation is needed to undertake an ECG.

Procedure

+ ECG dots and leads are applied to chest, wrists and ankles
+ Data readings are input into the computer, while the patients remains still for up to 10 seconds

Results

+ The electrocardiogram is reported by a cardiologist and the report is dispatched to the referring doctor on the next business day to when the procedure was done.

Discharge

+ Patients undergoing ECG are only required until the recording has been sighted by a cardiologist