The test also will help your doctor find out if there are: 1  Problems with the outer lining of your heart (the pericardium). 2  Problems with the large blood vessels that enter and leave the heart. 3  Blood clots in the chambers of your heart. 4  Abnormal holes between the chambers of the heart.
Part of the Electronics glossary: An oscilloscope is a laboratory instrument commonly used to display and analyze the waveform of electronic signals. In effect, the device draws a graph of the instantaneous signal voltage as a function of time.
Why Use An Oscilloscope? An oscilloscope is used as often as possible due to the fact that it can provide much more information regarding the signal that is being measured than most other measuring devices that are currently being used within the lab.