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ArhamDiagnostics
Cardiac

GE MAC 1200

ECG

Electrodes on the chest, arms and legs pick up the signal that drives each heartbeat. It is the first test for chest pain, palpitations and an irregular pulse, and a standard part of pre-operative and executive check-ups.

A GE MAC 1200 ECG machine printing a twelve-lead tracing
Representative photograph of the MAC 1200, not our own unit. Image credit

Specifications

Leads
12, recorded at the same time
Sampling
1,000 samples a second per channel
Pacemaker detection
On all leads
Printout
Full-size page on the spot

From the published specifications for this model.

What to expect

Painless, five minutes, no preparation. Nothing passes into you — the electrodes only listen.

Questions about this machine?

Tests we run on the MAC 1200