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The electrocardiograph (ECG) is the cornerstone of diagnostics for electrical diseases of the heart. Yet, the devices in use today and their outputs would not be unrecognizable to the contemporaries of Waller and Einthoven more than a century ago. Most chapters in this section focus on the ECG and various derivative measurements, which speak volumes to the clinical utility and enduring power of this diagnostic instrument (Fig. 8.1).
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Eloff, B.C. (2013). Introduction to Part IV: Abnormal Electrical Functions of the Heart and Their Diagnoses in Clinic. In: Gussak, I., Antzelevitch, C. (eds) Electrical Diseases of the Heart. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4978-1_8
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