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Getting an EKG (Video)
EKG (also called ECG) is short for electrocardiogram. "Electro" refers to the heart's natural electrical activity, which the test records through small wires taped on your chest. You won't feel a thing.

Getting an EKG
An EKG records the heart's activity through small wires taped to your body.