title: Effect of torso shape and heart location in the chest on formation of cardiac electric potentials on body surface in dogs.
abstract: Experimental and theoretical methods were employed to study the effects of torso shape and heart orientation in the thoracic cavity on peculiarities of the formation cardiac electric field on the body surface in dogs. It was found that heart orientation to a greater extent than torso shape affected projections of cardiac electric potentials from the epicardium onto the body surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Komi Research Center, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Arteeva
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Roshchevskaya
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Vityazev
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Shmakov
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Roshchevskii
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004594:Electrophysiology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*