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unipolar limb lead — any unipolar array in which the exploring electrode is placed on a limb; designated VF, VL, and VR. In practice, it is usually modified; see augmented unipolar limb l … Medical dictionary
aVF lead — an augmented unipolar limb lead in which the positive (exploratory) electrode is on the left leg … Medical dictionary
aVL lead — an augmented unipolar limb lead in which the positive (exploratory) electrode is on the left arm … Medical dictionary
aVR lead — an augmented unipolar limb lead in which the positive (exploratory) electrode terminal is on the right arm … Medical dictionary
12-lead electrocardiography — electrocardiography performed using the twelve standard leads: the three standard bipolar limb leads, the three augmented unipolar limb leads (aVF, aVL, and aVR), and the six standard precordial leads (V1 to V6) … Medical dictionary
Electrocardiogram — An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG, abbreviated from the German Elektrokardiogramm ) is a noninvasive transthoracic graphic produced by an electrocardiograph, which records the electrical activity of the heart over time. Its name is made of… … Wikipedia
Emanuel Goldberger — (* 1913 in New York City; † 7. Mai 1994 in Jupiter, Florida), war ein amerikanischer Kardiologe. Auf ihn gehen die (pseudo )unipolaren Extremitäten Ableitungen nach Goldberger zurück, die heute Bestandteil eines jeden 12 Kanal Elektrokardiogramms … Deutsch Wikipedia
Electrocardiography — ECG redirects here. For other uses, see ECG (disambiguation). Not to be confused with echocardiogram, electromyogram, electroencephalogram, or EEG. Electrocardiography Intervention Image showing a patient connected to the 10 electrodes necessary … Wikipedia
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
