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Electrocardiography: 100 years of Willem Einthoven Nobel Prize

https://doi.org/10.33667/2078-5631-2025-4-60-62

Abstract

In October 1924, Willem Einthoven (1860–1927) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for «his discovery of the technique of electrocardiography». The article describes the main scientific achievements of the famous scientist, the founder of the electrocardiographic method of research.

About the Authors

D. V. Drozdov
National medical research center for cardiology named after Academician E. Chazov
Russian Federation

Drozdov Dmitrii V. - PhD, Leading Researcher, Head of the ECG Laboratory.

Moscow



Yu. E. Teregulov
Kazan State Medical Academy – Branch Campus of the FSBEI FPE RMACPE MOH Russia
Russian Federation

MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Functional Diagnostics.

Kazan



A. V. Vladzymyrskyy
Research and Practical Clinical Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine Technologies of the Moscow Health Care Department
Russian Federation

Vladzymyrskyy Anton V. - MD, PhD, Deputy Director for Research.

Moscow



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Drozdov D.V., Teregulov Yu.E., Vladzymyrskyy A.V. Electrocardiography: 100 years of Willem Einthoven Nobel Prize. Medical alphabet. 2025;(4):60-62. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33667/2078-5631-2025-4-60-62

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