Twelve-lead electrocardiogram: The advantages of an orderly frontal lead display including lead -aVR

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Sgarbossa, Elena B ^a   Barold, S Serge ^b   Pinski, Sergio L ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^c   Pahlm, Olle ^d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Florida Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

frontal ECG leads; lead minus aVR; Panoramic lead display

Indexed keywords

LEAD; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543019167     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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