BREAST IMPLANTS MAY IMPEDE ECG AND LEAD TO FALSE HEART ATTACK DIAGNOSIS
21 JUN 2017 Topic(s): Arrhythmias Vienna, Austria – 21 June 2017: Breast implants may impede an electrocardiogram (ECG) and could result in a false heart attack diagnosis, according to research presented today at EHRA EUROPACE – CARDIOSTIM 2017.1 “Our experience shows that breast implants make it difficult to see the heart with echocardiography