Abstract:Although electrocardiograms were taken from the cesophagus as long ago as 1906 (by Cremer) it was Brown (1936) who first showed the possibilities of the method and made the lead of clinical significance. The cesophagus is in close relation to the left auricle for about 5 cm. below the level of the fifth dorsal vertebra; lower down it is in relationship to the right auricle and the diaphragmatic surface of the ventricles. Thus the cesophageal electrocardiogram can be divided into three sectors. The supra-auricu… Show more
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