- 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. 2011.
unipolar limb lead
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augmented unipolar limb lead — a unipolar limb lead that has been modified by disconnecting the input of the limb to the central terminal, increasing the voltage output; the three standard leads are designated aVF, aVL, and aVR … Medical dictionary
limb lead — an array in which any registering electrodes are attached to limbs; it may be unipolar or bipolar … Medical dictionary
unipolar lead — an array of two electrodes, one of which is an exploring electrode attached either to a limb (unipolar limb l.) or to the chest (V l s) while the other, an indifferent electrode contributing no input, uses a central terminal as reference point … 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
aVF — unipolar limb lead on the left leg in electrocardiography … Medical dictionary
aVK — unipolar limb lead on the left arm in electrocardiography … Medical dictionary
aVR — unipolar limb lead on the right arm in electrocardiography … Medical dictionary
