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Science 9 June 1961:
Vol. 133. no. 3467, pp. 1831 - 1832
DOI: 10.1126/science.133.3467.1831
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Simple Method for Measuring Heart Vector of Isolated Animal Hearts

C. V. Nelson 1

1 Cardiology Research Laboratory, Maine Medical Center, Portland

The spatial dipole moment of a perfused animal heart suspended at the center of a fluid-filled sphere can be found in magnitude and direction to a good approximation by three sets of bipolar measurements. The method has been applied in finding the vectorcardiograms of turtle and rabbit hearts.

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