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Why Does Your Doctor Order An EKG

Friday June 20, 2008
What has HIV have to do with your heart? Why does your doctor feel the need to order an EKG? In fact, what is an EKG? In order to understand EKGs, we have to understand a little about the heart. How does the heart work to pump blood to every tissue in the body? How does the heart pump and how do we know there is a problem? This feature will help explain what an EKG is and why your doctor feels you need to get one.

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