Where is the central terminal located? In search of understanding the use of the Wilson central terminal for production of 9 of the standard 12 electrocardiogram leads

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Bacharova, Ljuba ^a   Selvester, Ronald H ^b   Engblom, Henrik ^d   Wagner, Galen S ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

^b Memorial Heart & Vascular Institute   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central terminal; Clinical diagnostics; Unipolar leads

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 18144389439     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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