Electrocardiographic Patterns Resulting From Improper Connections of the Right Leg (Ground) Cable

AGUSTIN CASTELLANOS; NADIR C. SAOUDI; ALAN SCHWARTZ; DEMETRIO SODI‐PALLARES

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8159.1985.tb05772.x

Electrocardiographic Patterns Resulting From Improper Connections of the Right Leg (Ground) Cable

AGUSTIN CASTELLANOS, NADIR C. SAOUDI, ALAN SCHWARTZ, DEMETRIO SODI‐PALLARES

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Abstract

The patterns resulting from improper connections of the right leg (ground) cable to the right arm, left arm, and left leg electrodes (hardly ever discussed in books dealing with electrocardiography) are presented and their genesis is explained. Knowledge about this technical error is important because it: (1) may be misinterpreted os resulting from switching the right arm and left arm cables: and, worse, (2) may not be recognized, which, in patients with abnormal electrocardiograms, can lead to clinically significant errors in interpretation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	364-368
Number of pages	5
Journal	Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1985.tb05772.x
State	Published - May 1985

Keywords

Central Terminal
Einthoven's triangle
artifacts (electrocardiographic)
electrodes
leads
technique (electrocardiographic)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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