Willem Einthoven

Willem Einthoven

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924

Leiden University

“for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram”

Willem Einthoven was a Dutch physiologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram. His work contributed to the development of electrocardiography.

Field
Medicine · Cardiology
Lifespan
1860–1927