EKG printouts?

Do you keep them? If so, share them!

My doctor has never even offered them to me.

Hi,

I got some from the heart exam at the factory`s doctor recently. But the best and nicest are those from our playdoc exams years ago. Yes, I could share some of them in the Gallery area here...

At an evaluation for kidney transplant, I was given an EKG printout and some of the pics from the echocardiogram. Do I share them? No, most people think I'm pretty heartless and I see no reason to prove to them wrong!!

Redstethguy: That would be great, but I don't have access to the gallery yet.

Had a hernia repaired a few years ago and exactly got the nurse to hook me up again just for a few printouts. But since I have my own ekg machine I can print out any time I use it

I always receive only a certificate with the result, there is no there is no record itself(

I had the printout from a hospital ECG about 6 years ago but only long enought to carry it back down the corridor to the Doctor who requested it. About 3 years ago I felt a bit light headed and breathless after a walk up a hill. As I was visiting friends who are paramedics that same weekend I got an impromptu ECG in the back of an ambulance (I met them at the end of their shift, no ambulance was called!). I had the printout for that, too, but it was left with my GP a week or so later. It turned out to be OK.

I've had two EKGs. I only got the print-out from one of them though.

I do have my own ecg. So having many printouts 😃

Any cardiac patient--that is anyone who is suspected of coronary disease should have a copy of their EKG tracing. This is done so that subtle changes can be picked up in the event of new symptoms. A previous EKG can save your ass in the event of new symptoms and an equivocal tracing. Although the patient's story is always the thing to consider the most.

Yes, my last cardiologist gave me a photocopy every time he did one. They go into my health care file along with all my labs, CDs of radiology images and other medical records.

Now if only Tennessee physicians would accept that some patients know what they're talking about....