ECG without bra?

A question for the women. When you undergo an ECG you keep you bra on or you have to take it off?

On the internet some people say that they wore their bra during an ECG and other that they were braless.

According to what my girlfriends told me, it was done with and without bra. I think, it also depends on the size of the breasts and of the size and the shape of the bra.

In our playdoc sessions, it' without bra, of course !

I asked it to two friends, one had ecg for surgery and the other to have a simple check-up.

The first hadn't to remove bra (but I don't know if she told me the truth because she's quite shy),

on the other hand the second told me she had to remove it but a (female) nurse put electrodes, then she was ordered to dress quicly to be stethed by a (male) doctor who was turned while she was topless.

Always without bra.

All of my ECG's have been done without my bra.

I've always had to remove my bra for an ECG.

I have never seen a person wired for an ECG with a bra on. At some locations a female is required to put the leads on female patients, in other facilities the patient can ask for a female to wire her.

StephenS wrote:

I have never seen a person wired for an ECG with a bra on.

Well, Stephen, allow me to introduce you to a new experience:

http://www.zity.biz/gallery/image/46656

This appears to be a genuine scene, rather than a 'medfet mock-up'; having said that, the patient may well have kept her bra on because the depiction of the test was intended for general public consumption - there appears to be TV station logo in the top left-hand corner.

I've always heard that the bra needs to be removed for the ECG as it might interfere with the test.

ECG should always be done without a bra for proper chest lead placement.

In my experience, if the EKG is done by the cardiogist, always withput bra, but if it's done by a nurse for example in a preemployment physical, with bra.

I have seen several ECG's done on my wife and all of them have been done without a bra.

I would imagien that if the bra had metal in it it would interfere

I totally agree, if the bra has underwiring then it would need to come off

I was in the room while my girlfriend had an EKG and echo and both were done without a bra , topless.

The tech offered a paper top but she opted for nothing.

I had to take off my bra

I only had one once, but i had my bra on. I got a holter monitor that day and had to take off my bra to get it connected, but the nurse helped me put my bra back on after that. It was a sports bra that connected in the back.

A Friend of mine had several ECGs always without bra. She had also stress ECG without bra

I'm not a woman but I have experience doing EKGs. The common position of the bra will interfere with the proper position of the chest leads. Some technicians will 'work around' but that is not an accurate tracing.

IMO, patient modesty (real or imagined) is adversely effecting health care.

I'm always asked to put a gown on backwards - opening in the front - and to remove my bra. This gives the nurse easy access to my bare chest in order to attach the electrodes.

GF has them with her bra still on. They don't even open her gown. The female tech just attaches the pads underneath.

A friend told me she had a stress test ecg on a treadmill with no bra.

Here in France, if you're not an EU citizen you have to have a medical and a chest xray as part of it. women aren't allowed to keep the bra on.

Bras especially under-wired bras can interfere with electrical conductive and thus interfere with the recording of an ECG, as a result women are generally asked to remove their bras. As for X-rays, metal shows up clearly, therefore any jewelry, buttons, snaps, or hooks will be visible thus women are asked to remove their blouse/ shirt and bra and provided with a gown to preserve their modesty .

This debate reminds of a film which should be popular with the MedFet community. " Flatliners" (early 1990's) is about a group of medical students trying to provoque NDE ( near death experience) on themselves. Julia Roberts is the only female student in the group. You can see her lying on an examination table with a lot of electrodes, BP armbands, etc....but she stlill wears a nice white bra, as all the male students are bare-chested for the experiment.

As far as I know, Julia Roberts is known among movie enthusiasts for never having accepted to appear nude in a film or even show her breasts. LOL

Julia Roberts possible refusal to appear topless or naked in movies doesn't appear to have detracted from her popularity.

My wife was topless during her ECG. Not much exposure but i did help her clean off the gel after her test.

I've had probably eight EKG's, a stress echo, regular echo, and a tilt table test. I only kept my bra on for the tilt table test, which was kind of interesting since there were a lot of electrodes used. But I've always been well-covered. My last EKG a few weeks back was my first one done by a male tech, so I was really nervous. My HR was 90, haha. But he did the best job in keeping the "gals" covered up - not that I mind if they aren't. 😉

I only had one once, and I left on my bra.

I'm an eu citizen so no i didn't have to do any chest xrays etc. but i have friends who did, and my g/f has had an ecg topless before. She said that most of her exams are without a bra.