Physics Behind the ECG 2

The Chest Leads

chest leads

The chest leads work in the same way as the limb leads but give different views.

Instead of looking from one lead to another, their view is towards a central point called Wilson's Central Terminal. This is roughly in between V1 and V2 and in the middle of the thorax

The views of the chest leads run from V1-6 towards Wilson's Central Terminal.

Wilson's Central Terminal is always considered the negative end of the view