MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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Bipolar
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Unipolar
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tripolar
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Well, the 2 leads situated on the right and left wrist (or shoulders), AVr and AVL respectively, and the lead situated on the left ankle (or left lower abdomen) AVf, make up a triangle, known as “Einthoven’s Triangle". Information gathered between these leads is known as “bipolar".
Detailed explanation-2: -The six chest leads (V1 to V6) “view” the heart in the horizontal plane. The information from the limb electrodes is combined to produce the six limb leads (I, II, III, aVR, aVL, and aVF), which view the heart in the vertical plane. The information from these 12 leads is combined to form a standard electrocardiogram.
Detailed explanation-3: -A 12-lead ECG consists of three bipolar limb leads (I, II, and III), the unipolar limb leads (AVR, AVL, and AVF), and six unipolar chest leads, also called precordial or V leads, (, , , , , and ).