Who Invented the Electrocardiogram?

Willem Einthoven and the birth of clinical electrocardiography a hundred years ago.

Who developed the electrocardiogram and how?

Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram").

Who invented ECG first?

[1] The ECG has become one of the most commonly used tests in patients' evaluation and an essential part of cardiac assessment in the modern era. Willem Einthoven (Leiden, The Netherlands) is considered the founder and father of modern ECG.