Studies on the electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute and fibrous infarction of the heart, on the basis of 51 cases with autopsy¹

Early achievements in cardiovascular care as reflected in theJournal ofInternalMedicine

“…The enthusiasm experienced by practising physicians over the access to precordial ECG leads is clearly summarized by Vagn Mortensen . He stated: ‘The introduction of precordial leads means that now we are able to diagnose many more instances of cardiac infarction than previously – in particular, it is possible now to diagnose also the relatively mild cases and to diagnose them long after the acute attack.…”