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vectorcardiogram

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vectorcardiogram /vec·tor·car·dio·gram/ (VCG) (vek″ter-kahr´de-o-gram″) the record, usually a photograph, of the loop formed on the oscilloscope in vectorcardiography.
vec·tor·car·di·o·gram (vktr-kärd--grm)
n.
A graphic representation of the magnitude and direction of the electrical currents of the heart's action in the form of a vector loop.

vectorcardiogram
[-kär′dē·əgram′]
Etymology: L, vector, carrier; Gk, kardia, heart, gramma, record
a tracing of the direction and magnitude of the heart's electrical activity during a cardiac cycle. It is produced by an oscilloscope, which simultaneously records three standard leads.

vectorcardiogram (VCG) [vek″tor-kahr´de-o-gram″]
a graphic representation of the magnitude and direction of the action currents of the heart, in the form of a vector loop. See also vectorcardiography.

vectorcardiogram
the record, usually a photograph, of the loop formed on the oscilloscope in vectorcardiography.


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