Willem Einthoven - Inventor of electrocardiography

Vnitrni Lekarstvi

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 20-23

  Schweitzer, Paul ^a   Keller, S ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Einthoven Willem; Electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FROG; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0036960518     PISSN: 0042773X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Einthoven, W.: Un nouveau galvanometer. Arch. neerl. des Sciences Exact Nat. series 2, 1901; 6: 625-633 (Quoted by Snellen)
2. Einthoven, W.: Galvanometrische registratie van het menschelijk electrocardiogram. In: Herrinneringsbundel Prof. S. S. Rosenstein, 101-106, Leiden, Eduard Ijdo, 1902 (Quoted by Snellen)
3. Einthoven, W.: Die galvanometrische Registrirung des menschlichen Elektrocardiogram zugleich eine Beurteilung der Anwendung des Capillar-Electrometers in der Physiology. Pfluger's. Archiv. ges. Physiol. 1903; 99: 472-480
4. Snellen, H. A.: Willem Einthoven (1860-1927), Father of Electrocardiography. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht/Boston. London, 1995
5. de Waart, A.: Einthoven Commemoration. Am. Heart. J. 1961; 61: 357-360
6. Waller, A. D.: A demonstration on man of electromotive changes accompanying the heart's beat. J. Physiol. 1887; 8: 229-234
7. Einthoven, W.: The different forms of the human electrocardiogram and their significance. Lancet 1912: 1: 853 -861
8. Henson, J. R.: Decartes and the ECG lettering series. J. Hist. Med. Allied. Sci. 1971; 26: 181-186
9. Einthoven, W.: Weiteres über das electrocardiogram. Pflugers. Arch. ges. Physiol. 1908; 122: 517-584
10. Einthoven, W., Fahr, G., de Waart, A.: Über die Richtung und die manifeste Grosse der PotentialSchwankungen im menschliche Herzen und über den Einfluss der Herlage auf die form des Elektrokardiogramms. Pflugers. Arch. ges. Physiol. 1913; 150: 275-315 (translated and published in Am. Heart. J. 1950; 40: 163-211
11. Burnett, J.: The origin of the electrocardiograph as a clinical instrument. Medical. History. 1985; 5 (suppl.): 53-76
12. Burch, G. E., DePasquale, N. P., Howel, J. D.: A history of electrocardiography. Norman Publishing, San Francisco 1990, 13
13. Einthoven, W.: Le Telecardiogramme. Arch. Internat. physiol 1906; 4: 132
14. Schweitzer, P., Couturier, G.: The history of bundle branch block. Ann. Noninvas. Electrocardiol. 2001; 6: 243 -245
15. Lewis, T.: Clinical Electrocardiography. Shaw&Sons, London 1924
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18. Cooper, J. K.: Electrocardiography 100 years ago: Origin, pioneers and contributors. N. Engl. J. Med. 1986; 315: 461-464
19. Burchell, H. B.: Did Einthoven invent a string galvanometer? Br. Heart J. 1987; 57: 190-193
20. Wenckebach, K. F.: W. Einthoven. Deut. Med. Wchnschr. 1927; 53: 2176