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'''1911''' Levy & Lewis demonstrated that when VF occurred during chloroform anesthesia, it was often preceded by the appearance of multiform ventricular premature beats or ventricular tachycardia.<cite>Lewis</cite> | '''1911''' Levy & Lewis demonstrated that when VF occurred during chloroform anesthesia, it was often preceded by the appearance of multiform ventricular premature beats or ventricular tachycardia.<cite>Lewis</cite> | ||
Thomas Lewis publishes a classic textbook. The mechanism of the heart beat. London: Shaw & Sons and dedicates it to Willem Einthoven. | |||
'''1912''' Einthoven addresses the Chelsea Clinical Society in London and describes an equilateral triangle formed by his standard leads I, II and III later called 'Einthoven's triangle'. This is the first reference in an English article I have seen to the abbreviation 'EKG'.Einthoven W. The different forms of the human electrocardiogram and their signification. Lancet 1912(1):853-861 | '''1912''' Einthoven addresses the Chelsea Clinical Society in London and describes an equilateral triangle formed by his standard leads I, II and III later called 'Einthoven's triangle'. This is the first reference in an English article I have seen to the abbreviation 'EKG'.Einthoven W. The different forms of the human electrocardiogram and their signification. Lancet 1912(1):853-861 | ||
Hoffman published the first ECG of ventricular fibrillation in man.<cite>Hoffman</cite> | |||
'''1918''' Bousfield describes the spontaneous changes in the electrocardiogram during angina. <cite>Bousfield</cite> | '''1918''' Bousfield describes the spontaneous changes in the electrocardiogram during angina. <cite>Bousfield</cite> | ||
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#McWilliam2 McWilliam JA. ''Electrical stimulation of the heart in man.'' 1889. Br. Med. J. 1: 348 | #McWilliam2 McWilliam JA. ''Electrical stimulation of the heart in man.'' 1889. Br. Med. J. 1: 348 | ||
#Lewis Levy AG, Lewis T. ''Heart irregularities, resulting from the inhalation of low percentages of chloroform vapour, and their relationship to ventricular fibrillation.'' 1911. Heart 3: 99– 112 | #Lewis Levy AG, Lewis T. ''Heart irregularities, resulting from the inhalation of low percentages of chloroform vapour, and their relationship to ventricular fibrillation.'' 1911. Heart 3: 99– 112 | ||
#Hoffman Hoffman A. ''Fibrillation of ventricles at the end of an attack of paroxysmal tachycardia in man''. 1912. Heart 3: 213– 18 | |||
</biblio> | </biblio> | ||