Einthoven string galvanometer


Ein·tho·ven string gal·va·nom·e·ter

the original instrument on which Einthoven developed the first electrocardiogram.

Einthoven,

Willem, Dutch physiologist and Nobel laureate, 1860-1927. Einthoven equation - Synonym(s): Einthoven lawEinthoven law - in the electrocardiogram the potential of any wave or complex in lead II is equal to the sum of its potentials of leads I and III. Synonym(s): Einthoven equationEinthoven string galvanometer - the original instrument on which Einthoven developed the first electrocardiogram.Einthoven triangle - an imaginary equilateral triangle with the heart at its center, its equal sides representing the three standard limb leads of the electrocardiogram.