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VECTOR CARDIOGRAPH [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

The instrument used in vectorcardiography; the registration, usually by formation of a loop display on an oscilloscope, of the direction and magnitude (vector) of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the heart during one complete cycle, as transmitted by electrocardiographic leads.

Key term(s)
  • vector cardiograph

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
DEF

Appareil utilisé pour l'enregistrement et la représentation des tracés vectocardiographiques (vectocardiogrammes, VCG]; il rend possible l'examen direct des phases successives de l'activation cardiaque, représentées sous forme de projections vectorielles.

OBS

Aujourd'hui, grâce aux progrès méthodologiques et technologiques - la miniaturisation des composants électroniques et le traitement informatique du signal cardiaque - il est [...] facile d'obtenir, à faible coût, un vectocardiogramme (VCG).

Spanish

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