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> the 12-lead trace of his death What does this mean?

BillinghamJ 7y ago
A 12-lead ECG report/graph/whatever it's called. 12 wires collecting data (versus eg the Apple Watch implementation which is equivalent to a 1-lead ECG)
- dathinab 7y ago
  I wouldn't be to sure the Apple watch is even comparable to 1-lead ECG, simply due to the difference of how ECG is attached to you and how the Apple watch is. Through this doesn't mean the Apple watch can't be a useful addition, just don't rely on it.
  - jjeaff 7y ago
    I would imagine it is possible the sensor in an Apple watch is more sophisticated than a single ecg lead.
    - oaiey 7y ago
      12 lead ECG is just a technology. There could be other techniques. However, the Apple Watch might be comparable to higher number of leads but never be identical to the number of leads. Except, when you wear additional bracelets at your both legs, the other hand, both shoulders and another 6 on your chest. Then yes ;). And consider the continuous cyborgization of our society, that is not that far away. The 12 lead ECG is about detecting the electrical impulses of heart beats from different angles of your bodies. If you found a technology to detect these mV values from a meter away ... tell me ;) We will be rich ;)
    - megous 7y ago
      You can do only so much with a single signal. There's a reason ECG probes are attached to multiple points on the body, and you can infer quite a bit of info from just comparing multiple signals alone, including if you have your heart flipped, for some reason. :D You'll not get that from your watch.
    - BillinghamJ 7y ago
      Apple state that it is equivalent to a 1-lead ECG.
clort 7y ago
12 wires attached to his torso, recording all the electrical impulses from various points, tracing out a graph. They call this an electrocardiogram (ECG) but the one I had for a medical didn't have 12 leads just 5 or 7 I think.
- JshWright 7y ago
  A 12 lead is actually 10 wires (the "leads" are then comprised of various combinations of those wires). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einthoven%27s_triangle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einthoven%27s_triangle
luxuryballs 7y ago
Number of wires connected to points on his body for ECG he recorded on himself.
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A 12-lead ECG report/graph/whatever it's called. 12 wires collecting data (versus eg the Apple Watch implementation which is equivalent to a 1-lead ECG)

dathinab 7y ago
I wouldn't be to sure the Apple watch is even comparable to 1-lead ECG, simply due to the difference of how ECG is attached to you and how the Apple watch is. Through this doesn't mean the Apple watch can't be a useful addition, just don't rely on it.
- jjeaff 7y ago
  I would imagine it is possible the sensor in an Apple watch is more sophisticated than a single ecg lead.
  - oaiey 7y ago
    12 lead ECG is just a technology. There could be other techniques. However, the Apple Watch might be comparable to higher number of leads but never be identical to the number of leads. Except, when you wear additional bracelets at your both legs, the other hand, both shoulders and another 6 on your chest. Then yes ;). And consider the continuous cyborgization of our society, that is not that far away. The 12 lead ECG is about detecting the electrical impulses of heart beats from different angles of your bodies. If you found a technology to detect these mV values from a meter away ... tell me ;) We will be rich ;)
  - megous 7y ago
    You can do only so much with a single signal. There's a reason ECG probes are attached to multiple points on the body, and you can infer quite a bit of info from just comparing multiple signals alone, including if you have your heart flipped, for some reason. :D You'll not get that from your watch.
  - BillinghamJ 7y ago
    Apple state that it is equivalent to a 1-lead ECG.

clort 7y ago

12 wires attached to his torso, recording all the electrical impulses from various points, tracing out a graph. They call this an electrocardiogram (ECG) but the one I had for a medical didn't have 12 leads just 5 or 7 I think.

JshWright 7y ago
A 12 lead is actually 10 wires (the "leads" are then comprised of various combinations of those wires). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einthoven%27s_triangle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einthoven%27s_triangle

luxuryballs 7y ago

Number of wires connected to points on his body for ECG he recorded on himself.

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