[100 years' of ECG or 100 years' of excellence in recording the electrical activity of the human heart]

J Kvasnicka; J Herzová

[100 years' of ECG or 100 years' of excellence in recording the electrical activity of the human heart]

Vnitr Lek. 2002 Dec:48 Suppl 1:27-34.

[Article in Czech]

Authors

J Kvasnicka¹, J Herzová

Affiliation

¹ I. interní klinika Lékarské fakulty UK a FN, Hradec Králové.

PMID: 12744014

Abstract

The authors present a brief history of high-standard records of the electric activity of the human heart. Its beginnings date back to 1892 when Willem Einthoven recorded the first electrocardiogram.

Publication types

English Abstract
Historical Article

MeSH terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / history
Electrocardiography / history*
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans