Rise of the EKG Machines

As for the sixty-ninth entry for this new article series entitled as The Facts About Heartburn, GERD and EKG Machines, we will just continue on discussing here about the things we should know on heartburn, and GERD.

What is the risk of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in Barrett’s?

When looking at Barrett’s esophagus patients as a whole group, the risk of cancer has been found to be as low as 1 in 300 patient-years. This means that if we examined 300 patients yearly, one patient would be found to have cancer every year. What we really need to know, however, is something that’s a bit different. That is, it would be even more helpful to know what the risk of cancer would be if someone with Barrett’s is found to have NO DYSPLASIA after 1 or 2 years of surveillance. Our belief is that this risk would be much less than the above-quoted figures of 1 in 300 patient-years.

If a patient has high grade dysplasia and a biopsy is done within 3 months, up to about 50% of these patients may be found to have cancer. Also, we know that high grade dysplasia is associated with a greater immediate or short term risk of cancer, which ranges from 15% up to more than 50% in the published literature. Therefore, the first order of management when high grade dysplasia is found is to rule out the possibility that it points to the coexistence of an adenocarcinoma.

Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: GE Max 1. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, GE Max 1 is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.

The GE Max 1 is an interpretive stress test with Marquette T2000 Treadmill.

Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: patient cables digitizes the signal at the patient, eliminating analog cable noise, contacts resist corrosion and ensure optimal signal quality, median update helps assure all measurements, including ST segments, are made upon true morphology, technician friendly interface and can select standard or customized protocols.

Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only.

For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:

http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/Max-1.html