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How are ECG and heartbeat different?

April 26, 2017different ECG heartbeat

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How are ECG and heartbeat different?

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The functioning of the heart is electric activity, which can be measured with an ECG graph (electrocardiogram). When the electric impulse progresses to a certain part of the heart muscle, it causes the ventricles to contract, which is the heartbeat. In other words, heartbeat only indicates the contraction of the ventricles, whereas ECG describes the electric functioning of the whole heart muscle.