"Virtual" experiment for understanding the electrocardiogram and the mean electrical axis

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Anderson, Jamie ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Education; Problem solving; Small group

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 0034204391     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advances.2000.23.1.s1     Document Type: Article

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