Electrocardiograph (ECG)
Electrocardiógrafo
- Date
- 1903 · confidence high
- Place
- Leiden, Netherlands
- Credited to
- Willem Einthoven (string galvanometer); Augustus Waller (first human ECG, London, 1887)
- People
- 👤 Augustus Desiré Waller1856–1922👤 Willem Einthoven1860–1927
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
String galvanometer capable of accurately recording the heart's electrical activity, with the PQRST nomenclature. It founded modern diagnostic cardiology.
What it led to
- Diagnosis of arrhythmias and heart attack
- Hospital monitoring and coronary care units
- Electrophysiology and pacemakers
Built on
- Galvanometer
- Lippmann's capillary electrometer