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watchOS 5.1.2 is out, with ECG for the AW4
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1807746" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>This is minimally off topic, perhaps; but can someone from the US explain why an electrocardiogram is sometimes abbreviated to EKG? Where does the “K” come from?</p><p></p><p>I know, as in the above posts, that some people in the US refer to it as ECG which is what is universally used in the UK and, I believe, throughout Europe. </p><p></p><p>A minor point but one that has always puzzled me. It’s not as if anyone talked about a “Kardiogram”; it’s always “Cardiogram”. So why the “K”?</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1807746, member: 83420"] This is minimally off topic, perhaps; but can someone from the US explain why an electrocardiogram is sometimes abbreviated to EKG? Where does the “K” come from? I know, as in the above posts, that some people in the US refer to it as ECG which is what is universally used in the UK and, I believe, throughout Europe. A minor point but one that has always puzzled me. It’s not as if anyone talked about a “Kardiogram”; it’s always “Cardiogram”. So why the “K”? Ian [/QUOTE]
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