Willem Einthoven: The development of the human electrocardiogram

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-328

  Cajavilca, Christian ^a   Varon, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary electrometer; Electrocardiogram; Electrocardiography; Heart disease; QRS complex; String galvanometer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCIENTIST; AWARDS AND PRIZES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NOBEL PRIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 38949113191     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.10.014     Document Type: Note

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