A simple adaptation of a handheld ECG recorder to obtain chest lead equivalents
B Mercer, L Leese, N Ahmed, A V Holden, M H Tayebjee, B Mercer, L Leese, N Ahmed, A V Holden, M H Tayebjee
Abstract
Hand held ECG recorders are transforming the way we detect and diagnose heart rhythm disorders. The Kardia 6 L was launched in 2019 to detect and diagnose heart rhythm disorders recording a six lead (limb lead) ECG. Recording and analysis of precordial leads are currently not supported by the Kardia 6 L. In this study we aim to assess if reliable chest lead data can be obtained using a simple modification to the recording system.
Keywords: Chest leads; Hand held ECG.
Conflict of interest statement
Declaration of Competing Interest No authors have anything to disclose specific to this manuscript.
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Figures
(a) adaptation of 6L device for recording chest leads (b) validation of equivalent V1, V6 against standard 12 lead ECG. In each example the scale is 10mm/mV and 25 mm/ms.
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