What do you think? — Anon. ANSWER: An EKG is a very useful, inexpensive, noninvasive way of finding out information about the heart. Unfortunately, the results are not always definitive.

Septal infarct is a patch of dead or decaying tissue on the septum, the wall that separates the ventricles of your heart. This condition is usually caused by a heart attack. Learn about septal ...

These are different from the EKG changes of injury, when the heart cells are dying — which is what happens with a myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...

I went into my patient portal and reviewed the EKG, and to my surprise, it stated that there was an infarction in the septum.

Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing.

A month after this visit, I went into my patient portal and reviewed the EKG, and to my surprise, it stated that there was an infarction in the septum. I read online that this can be a silent ...