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  2. Understanding the Electrocardiogram In Health & Disease
  3. 1.0.0 Generation of the ECG
  4. 1.9.0 ECG Leads and Placement

1.9.24

As previously mentioned, the "unipolar" chest leads originally described by Dr. Frank Wilson were designed to record the electrocardiographic signals from the chest wall and are considered to be semi-direct leads. This is in contrast to the limb leads which are referred to indirect leads.

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  • 1.0.0 Generation of the ECG
    • 1.1.0 Basic Physiology
    • 1.2.0 SA Node & Pacemakers
    • 1.3.0 Atrial Depolarization
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  • 2.0.0 The Normal Electrocardiogram
  • 3.0.0 Inter and intra-ventricular Conduction Disturbances
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  • 5.0.0 ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITIES, DRUG EFFECTS AND THE LONG QT SYNDROMES
  • 6.0.0 Ischemia and Infarction - Introduction (frame i and ii)
  • 7.0.0 Tachycardias- Introduction
  • 8.0.0 The Bradycardias frame i-introduction
  • 9.0.0 The ECG of Heart Murmurs-introduction
  • 10.0.0 The Electrocardiogram in the Emergency Department-Introduction
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