Electrocardiography, Dr. D. Penney
Table 7. EINTHOVEN'S TRIANGLE
Triangle formed from shoulder to crotch to shoulder; mathematics based upon certain assumptions, all of which were wrong.
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Heart is an electrical dipole in an equilateral triangle.
Heart is in the center, bordered by the right arm, left arm, left leg.
The body is a volume conductor, all components of same electrical resistance.
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