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The invention of the electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) dates back to the eighteenth century when Luigi Galvani realized that muscular activity could be induced with the exposure to an electric field. However, the term itself was not used until the end of the nineteenth century by Willem Einthoven. Throughout the years, the ECG has continued to evolve, especially in the tracing recording portion, but has never lost its great clinical meaning [1].
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Rodriguez, A.P. (2017). The Electrocardiogram. In: Hendel, R., Kimmelstiel, C. (eds) Cardiology Procedures. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7290-1_18
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