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Chapter 2 the Electrocardiogram THE ESC TEXTBOOK OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2nd edition 17 Spodick DH. Differential characteristics of the C h a p t e r 2 The Electrocardiogram electrocardiogram in early repolarization and acute pericarditis. N Engl J Med 1976; 295 : 523–6. Francisco G. Cosío, José Palacios, 18 Watanabe Y. Purkinje repolarization as a possible cause of the Agustín Pastor, and Ambrosio Núñez U wave in the electrocardiogram. Circulation 1975; 51 : 1030–7. 19 Voukydis PC. Effect of intracardiac blood on the electrocardiogram. N Engl J Med 1974; 291 : 612–16. 20 Thomas P, Dejong D. The P wave in the electrocardiogram in the diagnosis of heart disease. Br Heart J 1954; 16 : 241–54. References 21 Kaplan JD, Evans T Jr, Foster E, et al . Evaluation of electrocardiographic criteria for right atrial enlargement by 1 Grant RP. Clinical Electrocardiography: The Spatial Vector quantitative two-dimensional echocardiography. J Am Coll Approach , 1957. New York: McGraw Hill. 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