What is a Pediatric Electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG)? An EKG/ECG measures the strength and rate of your child's heartbeat. This test also gives us information about the size of their heart chambers and how well electrical impulses get through the heart. For an EKG/ECG, we put electrodes – special adhesive patches – on your child’s chest, arms and legs.

A pediatric electrocardiogram (called an EKG or ECG for short) is a non-invasive heart test that graphically records the electrical activity of the heart in kids. This test gives doctors information about the heart’s rhythm and whether the electrical activity is too fast, slow or irregular, and if the heart’s chambers are too large or overworked.

Electrocardiography (ECG, sometimes called EKG) is a simple, fast test to check the electrical activity of your child's heart as it beats and blood moves through it. Abnormal ECG results may mean there is a problem with your child's heart.

An electrocardiogram (sometimes called ECG or EKG) allows us to measure the electrical activity in your child's heart. We perform an ECG by attaching electrodes (small patches) to your child's chest, arms and legs and connecting the electrodes to the ECG machine using lead wires.