The Electrocardiogram after Mastectomy
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T HE CHARACTERISTICS of the electrocardiographic tracing are determined by three independent variables. The first of these involves the potentials generated by the myocardium during depolarization and repolarization. These potentials can be altered by a wide variety of physiologic states, as well as by intrinsic disease of the myocardium. The second factor relates to the properties of the extracardiac tissues that transmit the electrical potentials from the myocardial generator to the recording electrode. The final factor con-
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