What is the difference between EKG and ECG?

I'm wondering does EKG and ECG mean the same thing??

If not please explean these to me

Another thing i'm wondering about is what is an A-line and B-line

I thought that it was for the IV pumps, apparently its for something else

if someone could explain that to me too

Thanks,
MJ
There is no difference. EKG is the earlier name and is so called because the guy who invented it was German and the spelling was electrokardiogram (or some such thing...i'm only positive about the "k"). As for a-line and b-line...not sure. The only a-line I know is an arterial line. Not sure what the b-line is.

Quote from MJ-12Another thing i'm wondering about is what is an A-line and B-lineThanks,MJ

Quote from zenmanA b-line is what you make when your shift is over.

Quote from L'zbethThere is no difference. EKG is the earlier name and is so called because the guy who invented it was German and the spelling was electrokardiogram (or some such thing...i'm only positive about the "k").

Quote from zenmanA b-line is what you make when your shift is over.

Quote from zacariasTo add to L'zbeth's comment, EKG was decided to be the universal term because ECG sounded too similar to EEG (electroencephalogram). They thought calling it EKG would then decrease any confusion.

Quote from RN_AmyUniversal term for where...? The US? In Australia, electrocardiagraph is referred to as an ECG....

Personally I like to use EKG, because my brain wants to think echocardiogram when I see ECG.

^^ Agreed with above posts, although they have been pretty interchangeable in my experience.. meaning I've heard both. I prefer EKG, though. and LOL at b-line!

So can anyone explain the difference between electrokardiogram & electrokardiograph..?I was looking to purchase a heart rate monitor & the site I went to claimed that electrokardiogram was the actual chart & electrokardiograph was the actual equipment used to produce the chart, this sounds a bit odd to me as the term "graph" would naturally indicate a chart..?

Electrokardiogram developed by Dr Willem Einthoven, a dutch physician. He won the 1924 Nobel Prize in Medicine for this. The Original EKG:http://protomag.com/assets/history-of-ecg