The Value of the Posterior-Anterior Chest Lead in Cardiac Diagnosis
Authors: Abraham Lieberson, Frank Liberson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 April 1933The Value of the Posterior-Anterior Chest Lead in Cardiac DiagnosisABRAHAM LIEBERSON, M.D., FRANK LIBERSON, M.D.ABRAHAM LIEBERSON, M.D., FRANK LIBERSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-10-1315 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFrom the very nature of the cardiac action current, it is evident that the number of leads which can be used to conduct the current from selected skin zones to the string galvanometer is legion. It was inevitable that in cases where the three conventional leads failed to furnish enough information about the condition of the heart muscle, some other one, taken in another plane, would be tried in the hope that it might supply the needed data. Thus Waller1(1887) placed his electrodes all over the body, and in all the natural orifices, searching for "significant" leads. Lewis2(1909)...Bibliography1 WALLER AD: A demonstration on man of electromotive changes accompanying the heart's beat, Jr. Physiol., 1887, viii, 229-234. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 LEWIS T: Auricular fibrillation and its relationship to clinical irregularity of the heart, Heart, 1909-1910, i, 306-372. Google Scholar3 WOLFERTHWOOD CCFC: The electrocardiographic diagnosis of coronary occlusion by the use of chest leads, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiii, 30-35. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York*Received for publication March 30, 1932.†From the Beth Israel Hospital, N. Y., and the U.S.P.H. Service Hospital, Stapleton, S. I. By permission of the Surgeon General. U.S.P.H.S. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byUnipolar electrocardiography of Wilson: A half century laterStudies of Electrocardiographic Changes during Exercise (Modified Double Two-Step Test)Die elektrokardiographische Diagnose des HerzinfarktsThe normal electrocardiogramLow voltage of the QRS waves in the electrocardiogram, with especial reference to lead IVDie Elektrokardiographie im Säuglings- und KindesalterThe value and significance of multiple chest leads in manCHEST LEADS IN CLINICAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHYThe significance of an absent or a small initial positive deflection in the precordial leadA rational principle for the connections of the leads of the electrocardiograph in clinical electrocardiography with precordial derivationCharacteristic serial changes in the fourth lead after acute coronary thrombosisThe use of chest leads in clinical electrocardiographyTHE FOUR-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN CORONARY DISEASESignificance of Precordial Leads in Electrocardiography, especially in Cardiac InfarctionA study of Lead IV of the electrocardiogram in children with especial reference to the direction of excursion of the T-waveThe precordial electrocardiogramOn the use of chest leads in clinical electrocardiography 1 April 1933Volume 6, Issue 10Page: 1315-1321KeywordsMyocardiumSurgeonsThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...