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Einthoven

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Einthoven (Dutch) [ˈɛɪnthoːvə]
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(Biographies / Einthoven, Willem (1860-1927) M, Dutch, SCIENCE: physiologist) Willem. 1860-1927, Dutch physiologist. A pioneer of electrocardiography, he was awarded the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1924
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Noun1.Einthoven - Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927)


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1903, Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven, MD, PhD invented the electrocardiograph, a machine that measures the minute electrical currents generated by the heart.
Both Catholic social teachings and the different ways health care is organized around the world are discussed as preliminaries, followed by critical examination of the market-based approaches to health care advocated by Milton Friedman, Regina Herzlinger, Mark Pauly, and Alain Einthoven.
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Number of voltage criteria has been recommended over the years since Einthoven (8) described the increased R wave amplitude in a patient with mitral regurgitation.
 
 
 
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