Technical mistakes during the acquisition of the electrocardiogram.

Javier García-Niebla; Pablo Llontop-García; Juan Ignacio Valle-Racero; Guillem Serra-Autonell; Velislav N. Batchvarov; Antonio Bayés de Luna

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Technical mistakes during the acquisition of the electrocardiogram.

October 28, 2009

García-Niebla J, Llontop-García P, Valle-Racero JI, et al. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2009;14(4):389-403.

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The authors discuss common electrode placement errors that contribute to misread electrocardiograms and suggest activities and tools to support improvement.

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