title: Intracardiac electrocardiography via a "saline-filled central venous catheter electrocardiographic lead": a historical perspective.
abstract: The author describes his experience with a "saline-filled central venous catheter electrocardiographic lead" for the recording of intracardiac electrocardiograms provides a brief description of the methodology, refers to this modality's clinical usefulness, furnishes 2 examples illustrating the contribution of the method to clinical diagnosis, and outlines his literature search to find the discoverer/originator of the employment of a saline-filled intracardiac catheter as an electrocardiogram recording lead.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine/New York University, Elmhurst, NY 11373, USA. madiasj@nychhc.org
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Madias
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D002404:Catheterization; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride