CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRECORDIAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS DERIVED FROM V AND CF LEADS
Authors: A D KISTIN, W D BRILL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 September 1950CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRECORDIAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS DERIVED FROM V AND CF LEADSALBERT D. KISTIN, M.D., WARREN D. BRILL, M.D.ALBERT D. KISTIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WARREN D. BRILL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-3-636 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe best location for the distant electrode in obtaining precordial electrocardiograms is still a matter of dispute. Wilson, Johnston, Macleod and Barker1have recommended for this purpose an electrode whose potential they believe remains practically at zero and, therefore, unlike other distant electrodes, does not affect the potentials of the precordial electrocardiogram. Evidence in support of the validity of the Wilson electrode has been presented by Eckey and Froehlich,2Burger,3and Burger and Wuhrmann,4but Wolferth and Livezey5do not accept the conclusions of Wilson and his associates. Precordial electrocardiograms made with the Wilson electrode have been compared with those...Bibliography1. WilsonJohnstonMacleodBarker FNFDACPS: Electrocardiograms that represent the potential variations of a single electrode, Am. Heart J. 9: 447, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. EckeyFroehlich PR: Zur Frage der unipolaren Ableitung des Elektrokardiogramms, Arch. f. Kreislaufforsch. 2: 349, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Burger R: Ueber das elektrische Feld des Herzens. 1 Mitteilung: Ueber die herzferne Elektrode bei der semidirekten Ableitung ueber die Nullpotentialelektrode von Wilson; ueber die Verwendung einer von der gesamten Koerperoberflaeche ableitenden Elektrode als indifferente Testelektrode, Cardiologia 3: 56, 1939. Google Scholar4. 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