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Signal Specifications
Typical Units milliVolts (mV)
Signal Acronyms used by Physionet
Names of signals that can be found in PhysioBank that are related to the electrocardiogram are listed alphabetically in the table below. Please let us know if you encounter errors or omissions.
| Name | Class | Description | |
| Abdomen_1 | ECG | ||
| Abdomen_2 | ECG | ||
| Abdomen_3 | ECG | ||
| Abdomen_4 | ECG | ||
| A-I | ECG | ||
| A-S | ECG | ||
| avf | ECG | ||
| aVF | ECG | ||
| AVF+ | ECG | ||
| AVF | ECG | ||
| avl | ECG | ||
| aVL | ECG | ||
| AVL | ECG | ||
| avr | ECG | ||
| aVR | ECG | ||
| AVR | ECG | ||
| CC5 | ECG | ||
| chan 1 | ECG | ||
| chan 2 | ECG | ||
| chan 3 | ECG | ||
| CM2 | ECG | ||
| CM4 | ECG | ||
| CM5 | ECG | ||
| CS12 | ECG | ||
| CS34 | ECG | ||
| CS56 | ECG | ||
| CS78 | ECG | ||
| CS90 | ECG | ||
| D3 | ECG | ||
| D4 | ECG | ||
| ECG0 | ECG | ||
| ECG 1 | ECG | ||
| ECG1 | ECG | ||
| ECG 2 | ECG | ||
| ECG 3 | ECG | ||
| ECG AVF | ECG | ||
| ECG | ECG | electrocardiogram, not otherwise specified | |
| ECG [ECG1] | ECG | ||
| ECG F | ECG | ||
| ECG I | ECG | ||
| ECG II | ECG | ||
| ECG III | ECG | ||
| ECG lead 1 | ECG | ||
| ECG lead 2 | ECG | ||
| ECG lead 3 | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead AVF | ECG | ||
| ECG lead AVL | ECG | ||
| ECG lead I | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead I | ECG | ||
| ECG lead II | ECG | ||
| ECG lead II | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead II | ECG | ||
| ECG LeadII | ECG | ||
| ECG lead III | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead III | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead V3 | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead V4 | ECG | ||
| ECG lead V5 | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead V5 | ECG | ||
| ECG lead V6 | ECG | ||
| ECG lead V | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead V | ECG | ||
| ECG Lead V | ECG | ||
| ECG signal 0 | ECG | ||
| ECG signal 1 | ECG | ||
| ECG V3 | ECG | ||
| ECG V | ECG | ||
| ECG V Lead | ECG | ||
| E-S | ECG | ||
| i | ECG | ||
| I | ECG | ||
| I+ | ECG | ||
| I | ECG | ||
| ii | ECG | ||
| II | ECG | ||
| II+ | ECG | ||
| II | ECG | ||
| iii | ECG | ||
| III | ECG | ||
| III+ | ECG | ||
| III | ECG | ||
| lead I | ECG | ||
| lead II | ECG | ||
| lead V | ECG | ||
| MCL1 | ECG | ||
| MCL1+ | ECG | ||
| MCL1 | ECG | ||
| ML2 | ECG | ||
| ML5 | ECG | ||
| MLI | ECG | ||
| MLII | ECG | ||
| MLIII | ECG | ||
| mod.V1 | ECG | ||
| MV2 | ECG | ||
| MV2 | ECG | ||
| ST1 | ECG | ||
| ST2 | ECG | ||
| ST3 | ECG | ||
| ST_I | ECG | ||
| ST_II | ECG | ||
| v1 | ECG | ||
| V1 | ECG | ||
| V1-V2 | ECG | ||
| v2 | ECG | ||
| V2 | ECG | ||
| V2-V3 | ECG | ||
| v3 | ECG | ||
| V3 | ECG | ||
| v4 | ECG | ||
| V4 | ECG | ||
| V4-V5 | ECG | ||
| v5 | ECG | ||
| V5 | ECG | ||
| v6 | ECG | ||
| V6 | ECG | ||
| V | ECG | ||
| V+ | ECG | ||
| V | ECG | ||
| vx | ECG | ||
| vy | ECG | ||
| vz | ECG |
List of Individual Records
List of all records that have an ECG signal can be downloaded as text or as a html linked to the ATM signal viewer.
References & Additional Resources
Sun, J., Reisner, A., Mark, R., “A Signal Abnormality Index for Arterial Blood Pressure Waveforms,” (2006), Computers in Cardiology, 33, 13-16.