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posterior wall myocardial infarction (MI)

Special laboratory: - electrocardiogram (ECG): - ST segment elevation may or may not be present - tall R in leads V2-V4 & ST segment depression in leads V1-V4 [1,2]

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myocardial infarction (MI); heart attack

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022. - Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022
  2. Zimetbaum PJ, Josephson ME. Use of the Electrocardiogram in Acute Myocardial Infarction N Engl J Med 2003;348:933-40. PMID: 12621138 https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra022700