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FOUR LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

FOUR LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —In view of the recent recommendations of the special committee of the American Heart Association on chest leads (Standardization of Precordial Leads, J. A. M. A. 110:395 [Jan. 29] 1938; Standardization of Precordial Leads; Supplementary Report, ibid. 110:681 [Feb. 26] 1938), it seems worth while to revise figure 15 and table 6 which accompanied our recent article on the four lead electrocardiogram (Four Lead Electrocardiogram in Cases of Recent Coronary Occlusion, Arch. Int. Med. 61:241 [Feb.] 1938) so that they will conform with the recommendations submitted by this committee for standardizing chest leads.We have been accustomed to taking chest leads at Michael Reese Hospital with the chest electrode in the fourth intercostal space and in the left parasternal line and with the indifferent electrode on the left leg, the connections being arranged so that relative negativity of the precordial electrode causes an upright http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1938 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0730-188X
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1938.00020030149013
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —In view of the recent recommendations of the special committee of the American Heart Association on chest leads (Standardization of Precordial Leads, J. A. M. A. 110:395 [Jan. 29] 1938; Standardization of Precordial Leads; Supplementary Report, ibid. 110:681 [Feb. 26] 1938), it seems worth while to revise figure 15 and table 6 which accompanied our recent article on the four lead electrocardiogram (Four Lead Electrocardiogram in Cases of Recent Coronary Occlusion, Arch. Int. Med. 61:241 [Feb.] 1938) so that they will conform with the recommendations submitted by this committee for standardizing chest leads.We have been accustomed to taking chest leads at Michael Reese Hospital with the chest electrode in the fourth intercostal space and in the left parasternal line and with the indifferent electrode on the left leg, the connections being arranged so that relative negativity of the precordial electrode causes an upright

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Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 1, 1938

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