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vectorcardiography

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vectorcardiography /vec·tor·car·di·og·ra·phy/ (-kahr″de-og´rah-fe) the registration, usually by formation of a loop display on an oscilloscope, of the direction and magnitude (vector) of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the heart during one complete cycle.vectorcardiograph´ic
vec·tor·car·di·og·ra·phy (vktr-kärd-gr-f)
n.
1. Electrocardiography in which the heart's activation currents are represented by vector loops.
2. The study and interpretation of vectorcardiograms.

vectorcardiography
[-kär′dē·og′rəfē]
Etymology: L, vector, carrier; Gk, kardia, heart, graphein, to record
a method of recording the direction and magnitude of the heart's electric activity.

vectorcardiography [vek″tor-kahr″de-og´rah-fe]
the registration, usually by formation of a loop on an oscilloscope, of the direction and magnitude (vector) of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the heart during one complete cycle. adj., adj vectorcardiograph´ic.

vectorcardiography
the registration, usually by formation of a loop on an oscilloscope, of the direction and magnitude (vector) of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the heart during one complete cycle.

vectorcardiography
Spatial electrocardiography, 3-D electrocardiography Cardiology A sophisticated type of EKG, which simultaneously demonstrates myocardial activity and damage; in VC, the strength and direction of electric currents passing through the heart are represented as vector loops Application Diagnose and monitor left-sided hypertrophy and hyperfunction, bundle branch blocks and MIs; VC informs on the direction of heart muscle activity as well as its force vis-a´-vis contraction and relaxation.


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As many of you know, we have concluded a long marathon of preparation, organization, and presentation of the 34th International Congress on Electrocardiology, and 48th International Symposium on Vectorcardiography in Istanbul, which was organized by International Society of Electrocardiology.
The high resolution SAECG and vectorcardiography (VCG) were employed recently as methods for qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
ABSTRACT Objective: Vectorcardiography (VCG) QRS loop area is thought to reflect hemodynamic abnormalities in cardiac lesions.
 
 
 
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