Naming of the waves in the EGG, with a brief account of their genesis
Naming of the waves in the EGG, with a brief account of their genesis
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.98.18.1937
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发表时间:
1998-11-03
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37.8
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Hurst, JW
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Hurst, JW
Snellen’s account of the naming of the PQRST waves is correct. My only contribution is one of emphasis. I suspect, as the first 7 words of Snellen’s statement indicate, that the primary reason for changing the letters from ABCD to PQRST was to eliminate confusion in an illustration that showed both uncorrected and corrected curves. I believe that Einthoven recognized, perhaps as an afterthought, that by choosing PQRST he allowed space to add letters before P and after T.Einthoven continued to use PQRST to identify waves in the ECG recorded with the string galvanometer. PQRST, of course, is still used today (Figure 2). Einthoven identified the U wave a few years later. 7 The U wave was detected only in ECGs made with the string galvanometer.