Effect of Intracardiac Blood on the Electrocardiogram

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 291, Issue 12, 1974, Pages 612-616

  Bleich, Howard L ^a   Boro, Emily S ^a   Voukydis, Panos C ^b  

^a Beth Israel Hospital ^*

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; METHODS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0016397006     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197409192911207     Document Type: Review

References (20)

1. Katz LN: Concerning a new concept of the genesis of the electrocardiogram. Am Heart J 13: 17–35, 1937
2. Brody DA: A theoretical analysis of intracavitary blood mass influence on the heart-lead relationship. Circ Res 4: 731–738, 1956
3. Bayley RH, Berry PM: “Body surface” potentials produced by the eccentric dipole in the heart wall of the nonhomogeneous volume conductor. Am Heart J 65: 200–207, 1963
4. Brody DA, Erb BD, Romans WE: The approximate determination of lead vectors and the Burger triangle in normal human subjects. Am Heart J 51: 211–220, 1956
5. Nelson CV, Chatterjee M, Angelakos ET, et al: Model studies on the effect of the intracardiac blood on the electrocardiogram. Am Heart J 62: 83–92, 1961
6. Horan LG, Flowers NC, Brody DA: Body surface potential distribution: comparison of naturally and artificially produced signals as analyzed by digital computer. Circ Res 13: 373–387, 1963
7. Bayley RH, Kalbfleisch JM, Berry PM: Changes in the body's QRS surface potentials produced by alterations in certain compartments of the nonhomogeneous conducting model. Am Heart J 77: 517–528, 1969
8. Plonsey R: Current dipole images and reference potentials. IEEE Trans Biomed Electron 10: 3–8, 1963
9. Nelson CV, Gastonguay PR, Wilkinson AF, et al: A lead system for direction and magnitude of the heart-vector, Vectorcardiography 2: Proceedings of the XIth International Symposium on Vectorcardiography, New York, May 15–17, 1970. Edited by I Hoffman, RI Hamby, E Glassman. Amsterdam. North-Holland Publishing Company, 1971, pp 85–97
10. Scher AM, Young Achéal: Ventricular depolarization and the genesis of QRS. Ann NY Acad Sci 65: 768–778, 1956
11. Boineau JP, Spach MS, Pilkington TC, et al: Relationship between body surface potential and ventricular excitation in the dog. Circ Res 19: 489–495, 1966
12. Nelson CV, Rand PW, Angelakos ET, et al: Effect of intracardiac blood on the spatial vectorcardiogram. I. Results in the dog. Circ Res 31: 95–104, 1972
13. Durrer D, van Dam R Th, Freud GE, et al: Excitation of the human heart, Electrical Activity of the Heart: A symposium. Edited by GW Manning, SP Ahuja. Springfield, Illinois, Charles C Thomas, 1969. pp 53–68
14. Corson DR, Lorrain P: Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields and Waves. San Francisco, WH Freeman and Company, 1962
15. Gabor D, Nelson CV: Determination of the resultant dipole of the heart from measurements on the body surface. J Appl Physics 25: 413–416, 1954
16. Voukydis PC: Application of the Gabor-Nelson theory in electrocardiography. Med Biol Eng 10: 223–229, 1972
17. Voukydis: Mathematical analysis of body surface potentials. J Electrocardiol 5: 367–371, 1972
18. Idem: Least number of electrodes for obtaining an accurate vectorcardiogram. Proceedings of the II International Symposium on Electrocardiography (XIV International Colloquium Vectorcardiographicum). Yerevan, Armenia, September 21–25, 1973 (in press)
19. Voukydis PC, Angelakos ET, Nelson CV: Electrical effects of a highly conductive mass inside the thorax. Am Heart J 85: 382–388, 1973
20. Rosenthal A, Restieaux NJ, Feig SA: Influence of acute variations in hematocrit on the QRS complex of the Frank electrocardiogram. Circulation 44: 456–465, 1971