What the Journal of Electrocardiology can do for electrocardiogram...

Journal of Electrocardiology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......accurately locating the correct intercostal space and proper placement of the leads...Louis' angle. This is the second intercostal space. Count down 2 more interspaces to the fourth intercostal space. Place V^sub 1^ to the right...

Management of Sternoclavicular Joint Infections

The American Surgeon;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......midline with a lateral "T" into the intercostal space immediately inferior to the inflammatory...mass. It was resected in the first intercostal space in four patients, in the second intercostal space in one patient, and in the fourth...

intercostal

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      40 words ...in·ter·cos·tal / ˌintərˈkästəl / Anatomy • adj. situated between the ribs: the fifth left intercostal space. • n. a muscle in this position. DERIVATIVES: in·ter·cos·tal·ly adv.

Recording Undetected P Waves in a Case of Heart Transplant With A New...

Journal of Electrocardiology;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......leads. In a first step, the electrode of the right arm (RA) is repositioned...performed: one on the fourth left intercostal space, the second one on the fourth right intercostal space, the third one on the second right intercostal space, and the fourth point on the...combined ...

Empyema necessitatis.

American Family Physician;  October 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......through the weakest part, such as the intercostal space. This condition is termed empyema...diameter, located at the left seventh intercostal space and the midclavicular line. The mass...necrotic debris draining through the intercostal space to the subcutaneous tissue of the...

A New Look at the Paravertebral Block: A Percutaneous Video-Assisted...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......whether the catheter erroneously travels laterally along an intercostal space or whether it moves parallel to the vertebral column as...paravertebral catheter,5 inserting a Tuohy needle through the fifth intercostal space in the posterior axillary line and feeding the catheter...

Plasma Concentrations and Analgesic Effects of Ropivacaine 3.75 mg/mL...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the fifth (n = 12) or sixth intercostal space. Premedication consisted of...chest cavity (seventh or eighth intercostal space, axillary line). A flexible...down to the ninth or tenth intercostal space. There, the

Japanese Inventor Develops Dry Etching Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 7, 2008 ;     287 words ......apparatus of the present invention comprises a reaction chamber, a lower electrode placed on the bottom surface of the reaction chamber, an upper electrode placed at the ceiling of the reaction chamber to face the lower electrode, and...

Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Is an Alternative to Conventional...

The American Surgeon;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......wounds to the chest were found to the left of midline in the second intercostal space, fourth intercostal space 2 cm to the left of (he nipple, and the eighth intercostal space at the midclavicular line. Abdominal stab wounds were noted below...

chest lead

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      65 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 chest lead, a conductor attached to an electrocardiograph with the electrode placed on the chest to pick up heart sounds. The ideas, procedures and suggestions contained in this encyclopedia are not...

Faster Corrosion Detection.(Brief Article)

World Tunnelling;  August 1, 1999 ;     133 words ...The presence of corrosion in concrete is determined with an electrode placed on the surface at various points to measure the electrical potential, and a large number of measured values is necessary to determine...

Control of electrocardiogram acquisition errors: A brief perspective

Journal of Electrocardiology;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......location correctly at the fourth intercostal space at the right sternal border, about...location at the third or second intercostal space. It can be taken for granted, though...electrodes should be placed in the fourth intercostal space at the right and the left sternal...

Endoscopic suturing techniques: Nephrosplenic space ablation

DVM;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......lidocaine and a focal block in the last intercostal space. The clipped area was then aseptically...surgery allowing access to the last intercostal space rostrally, the transverse processes...were used: the first in the last intercostal space at the level of the tuber coxae...

False positive ECG reports of anterior myocardial infarction in women

Journal of Electrocardiology;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......and V2 should be placed at the 4th intercostal space at the right and left sternal borders...respectively. V4 is positioned at the 5th intercostal space on the midclavicular line and V3...located at the level of V4, ie, the 5th intercostal space in the anterior and midaxillary ...

electrocardiograph lead

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      105 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 electrocardiograph lead, 1. an electrode placed on part of the body and linked to an electrocardiograph. 2. a record, made by the electrocardiograph, that varies depending on...