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In order to understand ekg interpretation, it is important to first understand the cardiac cycle. This is the cycle of how the heart works to pump blood through it. There are electrical signals and resulting physical events. This article discusses the physical events - that is, how blood flows through the pumping heart.  

This piece of medical equipment was discovered in 1900s and developed by Willem Einthoven. It has long been proven to save lives. Electrocardiogram machines have undergone radical transformation throughout the course of history. These machines can diagnose abnormal rhythms of the heart due to damage or electrolyte imbalance. It captures and records the electrical activity of the heart over time and interprets it in the EKG paper. Interpreting a 12-Lead EKG is a matter of using the heart's electrical signals to determine the status of the heart - specifically if there are areas where an infarction has occurred in the myocardium that would prevent it from properly functioning as a blood pump.