{"id":4458,"date":"2023-01-20T18:42:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/que-es-un-ekg\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T05:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:42:01","slug":"que-es-un-ekg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/es\/que-es-un-ekg\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un EKG?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1310.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Una esposa reconoce los signos de un ictus en su marido\" title=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4459\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#item1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un electrocardiograma?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#item2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 ocurre durante una prueba de EKG?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#item3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 mi m\u00e9dico me pedir\u00eda un EKG?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#item4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfDeber\u00eda hacerme un EKG?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La enfermedad card\u00edaca es la principal causa de muerte en los EE. UU., y causa aproximadamente <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">una muerte cada 34 segundos<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Por alarmante que pueda ser esta cifra, la enfermedad card\u00edaca no es una afecci\u00f3n aislada, sino que puede ser el resultado de una amplia gama de enfermedades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por esta raz\u00f3n, las irregularidades en el coraz\u00f3n a menudo indican la presencia de otras enfermedades o dolencias dentro del cuerpo. Controlar su salud card\u00edaca puede ayudar a mantener estas afecciones bajo control, &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afortunadamente, los m\u00e9dicos disponen de una herramienta de diagn\u00f3stico conocida como electrocardiograma para medir la funci\u00f3n card\u00edaca. Este blog le ayudar\u00e1 a comprender esta prueba y c\u00f3mo puede mantener su cuerpo y su coraz\u00f3n sanos. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Una esposa reconoce los signos de un ictus en su marido\" title=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4462\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"item1\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un electrocardiograma?<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En t\u00e9rminos m\u00e9dicos, EKG son las siglas de electrocardiograma, una prueba que mide las se\u00f1ales el\u00e9ctricas del coraz\u00f3n. Es una evaluaci\u00f3n diagn\u00f3stica indolora que puede detectar diversos problemas card\u00edacos, entre ellos: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Arritmias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (latidos card\u00edacos irregulares)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Enfermedad de las arterias coronarias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (el bloqueo o el estrechamiento de una arteria del coraz\u00f3n)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ataques card\u00edacos previos<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mal funcionamiento del marcapasos<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Densidad card\u00edaca<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (engrosamiento de las paredes arteriales)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aneurisma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (protuberancia en las paredes del coraz\u00f3n)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Problemas con el flujo sangu\u00edneo<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Irregularidades en los latidos del coraz\u00f3n<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puede que le sorprenda saber que su coraz\u00f3n conduce electricidad. Los impulsos el\u00e9ctricos van de la parte superior a la inferior del coraz\u00f3n cada vez que late. Estos impulsos obligan al coraz\u00f3n a contraerse y expandirse, bombeando sangre. El EKG controla esta funci\u00f3n cr\u00edtica.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Es posible que haya o\u00eddo utilizar indistintamente los acr\u00f3nimos EKG y ECG. Ambos son la misma prueba, pero algunos m\u00e9dicos llaman electrocardiograma (EKG) a un electrocardi\u00f3grafo (ECG). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/lab-tests\/electrocardiogram\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EKG se basa en la ortograf\u00eda alemana de la palabra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y los m\u00e9dicos lo utilizan con m\u00e1s frecuencia para evitar que los pacientes confundan el electrocardiograma con otra prueba llamada EEG, o electroencefalograma, que mide las ondas cerebrales.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Pareja jugando al aire libre en campos al atardecer\" title=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4460\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"item2\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 ocurre durante una prueba de EKG?<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una prueba de EKG se puede realizar en el consultorio de su m\u00e9dico, en una cl\u00ednica ambulatoria o en un hospital. El procedimiento es indoloro y solo lleva unos minutos. Durante el EKG usted:  <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00f3ngase una bata de tela o de algod\u00f3n y t\u00fambese en una mesa de exploraci\u00f3n <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Su proveedor de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica colocar\u00e1 peque\u00f1os sensores circulares conectados a cables en su piel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estos sensores se adhieren a sus brazos, pecho y piernas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La computadora del EKG capturar\u00e1 entonces los impulsos el\u00e9ctricos del coraz\u00f3n mientras late<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La prueba es indolora, dura solo tres minutos, durante los cuales su m\u00e9dico recopilar\u00e1 suficientes datos para identificar posibles irregularidades en su coraz\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Una hija reconoce los signos de un ictus en su madre\" title=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4461\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"item3\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 mi m\u00e9dico me pedir\u00eda un EKG?<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un EKG es una herramienta de diagn\u00f3stico. Su m\u00e9dico puede pedirle un EKG cada vez que le visite para un examen de bienestar para asegurarse de que su salud card\u00edaca se mantiene estable. El EKG no es invasivo, no duele y es una prueba econ\u00f3mica que captura informaci\u00f3n valiosa para prevenir las enfermedades card\u00edacas.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si tiene s\u00edntomas de enfermedad card\u00edaca, como dolor en el pecho, dificultad para respirar, fatiga u otros s\u00edntomas, su m\u00e9dico utilizar\u00e1 un EKG para diagnosticar estos s\u00edntomas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los pacientes que llegan a urgencias con dolor en el pecho se someter\u00e1n a un EKG para determinar si est\u00e1n sufriendo o han sufrido un ataque card\u00edaco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los m\u00e9dicos tambi\u00e9n pueden recomendar EKGs a los pacientes que est\u00e1n comenzando nuevas rutinas de ejercicio. Si bien el ejercicio moderado no requiere un EKG para la mayor\u00eda de los pacientes, si tiene una afecci\u00f3n de salud cr\u00f3nica, como diabetes, su m\u00e9dico puede realizar un EKG para determinar si el estr\u00e9s adicional del ejercicio exacerbar\u00e1 sus afecciones existentes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adem\u00e1s, se pueden realizar EKGs antes de las cirug\u00edas para garantizar que el paciente pueda someterse a la anestesia sin riesgos para su salud card\u00edaca. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por \u00faltimo, su m\u00e9dico puede pedirle un EKG para comprobar c\u00f3mo responde su cuerpo a ciertos tratamientos y medicamentos. Por ejemplo, un marcapasos es un implante m\u00e9dico que regula los latidos del coraz\u00f3n y un EKG garantizar\u00e1 que el dispositivo est\u00e9 funcionando bien.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sin embargo, en la mayor\u00eda de los casos, su m\u00e9dico le pedir\u00e1 un EKG para asegurarse de que sus lecturas de salud est\u00e1n dentro del rango normal. Si los resultados son anormales, pueden indicar un mayor riesgo de enfermedad card\u00edaca.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como herramienta preventiva, un EKG a menudo sirve como una advertencia temprana que ayuda a los pacientes card\u00edacos a recibir el tratamiento que necesitan para mantenerse saludables antes de que surjan problemas mayores. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un EKG registra datos que se pueden utilizar para controlar:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N\u00f3dulos sinoauriculares y auriculoventriculares (implicados en los latidos del coraz\u00f3n)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u00e1maras card\u00edacas (tama\u00f1o y grosor)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V\u00edas de conducci\u00f3n nerviosa<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El ritmo del coraz\u00f3n <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Piense en un EKG como una herramienta de b\u00fasqueda de hechos. Los m\u00e9dicos utilizan la prueba de diagn\u00f3stico para medir la actividad el\u00e9ctrica del coraz\u00f3n. Cada vez que su coraz\u00f3n late, conduce un impulso el\u00e9ctrico que ayuda a impulsar la sangre alrededor del cuerpo. El objetivo de un EKG es medir esos impulsos y asegurarse de que su coraz\u00f3n est\u00e1 funcionando correctamente.   <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hay dos tipos adicionales de EKGs a los que es posible que deba someterse en alg\u00fan momento de su vida:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EKG de esfuerzo (rastrea la funci\u00f3n del coraz\u00f3n mientras hace ejercicio)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitor Holter (un EKG port\u00e1til que rastrea la funci\u00f3n card\u00edaca a lo largo del tiempo)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambas pruebas miden m\u00e9tricas ligeramente diferentes. El EKG de esfuerzo rastrea su coraz\u00f3n mientras ejerce energ\u00eda, mientras que el Holter produce lecturas que rastrean la actividad de su coraz\u00f3n a lo largo del tiempo. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Un m\u00e9dico examina a un paciente para detectar signos de un ictus\" title=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4462\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"item4\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">\u00bfDeber\u00eda hacerme un EKG?<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A medida que envejecemos, nuestro riesgo de desarrollar una afecci\u00f3n card\u00edaca aumenta. Mantenerse al tanto de su salud card\u00edaca puede evitar que estas enfermedades se conviertan en problemas m\u00e9dicos que amenacen su vida. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como herramienta de diagn\u00f3stico, los EKGs ofrecen a los pacientes una forma r\u00e1pida y f\u00e1cil de controlar su salud que puede alertar a los m\u00e9dicos sobre irregularidades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incluso si no est\u00e1 experimentando actualmente s\u00edntomas de enfermedad card\u00edaca, los m\u00e9dicos recomiendan someterse a un EKG al menos una vez al a\u00f1o. Estos chequeos regulares pueden detectar cambios antes de que se conviertan en riesgos para la salud, lo que permite a los pacientes tomar medidas tempranas para protegerse contra las enfermedades card\u00edacas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si est\u00e1 experimentando latidos card\u00edacos irregulares u otros s\u00edntomas relacionados con el coraz\u00f3n, los m\u00e9dicos recomiendan someterse a un EKG de inmediato para determinar la causa de estos problemas. En estos casos, la prueba puede salvarle la vida. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMA Medical Group est\u00e1 comprometido con la atenci\u00f3n preventiva y de bienestar para todos nuestros pacientes. Hable con nuestro equipo sobre la programaci\u00f3n de su pr\u00f3ximo examen anual y si un EKG es adecuado para usted. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/es\/contactenos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solicite una cita en l\u00ednea hoy mismo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un EKG? - AMA Medical Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EKG son las siglas de electrocardiograma, una evaluaci\u00f3n diagn\u00f3stica que mide las se\u00f1ales el\u00e9ctricas del coraz\u00f3n y detecta diversos problemas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amamedicalgroup.com\/es\/que-es-un-ekg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un EKG? 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