We use an electrocardiogram, also called an ECG, to check for signs of heart disease. It's a test that records the electrical activity of your heart through small electrode patches that a technician attaches to the skin of your chest, arms, and legs.

ECGs are quick, safe, and painless. You will be asked to lay flat on a bed while one of our team attaches 10 electrodes with adhesive pads to the skin of your chest, arms, and legs.

Male patients may need to have chest hair shaved to allow a better connection.

With this test, our team will be able to:

- Check your heart rhythm
- See if you have poor blood flow to your heart muscle (this is called ischaemia)
- Diagnose a heart attack
- Check on things that are abnormal, such as thickened heart muscle.

One of our team will attach 10 electrodes with adhesive pads to the skin of your chest, arms, and legs.

Male patients may need to have chest hair shaved to allow a better connection.

It is best to wear losse fitting clothing on your upper body.

During the test you'll lie flat while a computer creates a picture, on graph paper, of the electrical impulses that move through your heart. This is called a "resting" ECG, although the same test may be used to check your heart while you exercise.

All the electrodes will be removed which only takes a few minutes.

We will keep your ECG patterns on file so that we can compare them to tests you get in the future. These comparisons allows us to detect changes in your heart over a period of time..