ARE THE V LEADS ALWAYS SUPERIOR?
Authors: H. J. L. M.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Editorial1 June 1952ARE THE V LEADS ALWAYS SUPERIOR?H. J. L. M.H. J. L. M.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-6-1548 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere is a natural and human tendency, which is not foreign to scientists, to regard the latest as the best. We should not, however, allow ourselves to be swept away by the tide of fashion if the old style still has virtues which the new does not possess.The "unipolar" precordial leads were introduced by Wilson1in 1934, and they have been widely and often unquestioningly accepted as the best available technic for precordial exploration. Their use has been adopted in many hospitals and by many cardiologists as the routine method of obtaining precordial tracings. The reason for this is...1 WilsonJohnstonMacleodBarker FNFDABPS: Electrocardiograms that represent the potential variations of a single electrode, Am. Heart J. 9: 447, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 Hecht HH: The influence of the indifferent electrode upon the precordial electrocardiogram. I. The normal electrocardiogram, Am. Heart J. 24: 529, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 HullTuckerWeilbaecher EHdJO: False abnormality of precordial electrocardiograms due to the effect of changes of potential at the remote electrode, Am. Heart J. 36: 135, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4 BainRedfern CWEM: Clinical value of unipolar chest and limb leads, Brit. Heart J. 10: 9, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 DolginGrauKatz MSLN: A comparison of precordial electrocardiograms obtained with CR, CL, CF and V leads, Am. Heart J. 37: 343, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6 DolginGrauKatz MSLN: Experimental studies on the validity of the central terminal of Wilson as an indifferent reference point, Am. Heart J. 37: 868, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7 HerrmanHejtmancikKopecky GRMRJW: The superiority of the Wilson leads and the value of unipolar limb and precordial derivations in clinical electrocardiography, Am. Heart J. 40: 680, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8 Leatham A: The chest lead electrocardiogram in health, Brit. Heart J. 12: 213, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9 Katz LN: Advances in electrocardiography, Med. Clin. N. Am. 36: 93, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10 KistinBrill ADWD: Clinically significant differences between precordial electrocardiograms derived from V and CF leads, Ann. Int. Med. 33: 636, 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar11 Dressler W: Myocardial infarction indicated by an electrocardiographic pattern in which T1 is lower than T3. Report of 45 cases, Am. Heart J. 26: 313, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 DresslerRoesler WH: The diagnostic value of the pattern T1 lower than T3(T1 < T3) compared with the information yielded by mutiple chest leads in myocardial infarction, Am. Heart J. 36: 115, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13 Goldberger E: The relations of T1 and T3 , Am. Heart J. 34: 395, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14 PomeranceHoffmanAshe MJBGJ: The choice of precordial leads in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, Ann. Int. Med. 36: 811, 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar15 Nagl F: Die Bedeutung der indifferenten Elektrode für das Thoraxelektrokardiogramm, Wien. klin. Wchnschr. 52: 417, 1939. Google Scholar16 JaffeCordayMaster HLEAM: Evaluation of the precordial leads of the electrocardiogram in obesity, Am. Heart J. 36: 911, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17 WeissGray MMWR: Comparative value of precordial electrocardiograms obtained with CF and V leads, J. Kentucky St. M. A. 49: 285, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar18 WolferthWood CCFC: The prediction of differences between precordial leads CR, CL, and CF, based on limb lead findings, Am. Heart J. 20: 12, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe vector and algebraic relationship of the CF and V chest leads 1 June 1952Volume 36, Issue 6Page: 1548-1552KeywordsScientists ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...