Problem: A 55-year-old man was admitted to the hospital through the emergency room last night. He was experiencing chest pain and rapid heart rate. The patient had a procedure done in the ER with electrodes attached to his chest that monitored the electrical activity of his heart. His wife reported that he had an angioplasty performed last year. The doctor also ordered an echocardiogram. What term could be used to describe his rapid heart rate?
Q1. What is the name of the procedure he had done in the ER?
Q2. Explain the patient's previous surgical procedure.
Q3. What is the name of the imaging procedure for this patient?