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Image:ECG_VWI_2wk.jpg|A 2 weeks old anterior infarction with Q waves in V2-V4 and persisting ST elevation, a sign of formation of a [[Cardiac_Aneurysm|cardiac aneurysm]]. | Image:ECG_VWI_2wk.jpg|A 2 weeks old anterior infarction with Q waves in V2-V4 and persisting ST elevation, a sign of formation of a [[Cardiac_Aneurysm|cardiac aneurysm]]. | ||
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==References== | |||
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#Wung pmid=16777513 | |||
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ECG-characteristics:Wung
ST-elevation in leads V1-V6, I and aVL. Maximum elevation in V3, maximal depression in III later: pathological Q-wave in the precordial leads V2 to V4-V5.
Encomprises the anterior part of the heart and a part of the ventricular septum. Is supplied by blood by the LAD.
Examples
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A typical example of an acute anterior wall infarction. ST elevation in leads I, AVL and V2-V5. Reciprocal depressions in the inferior leads (II,III,AVF) -
A 2 weeks old anterior infarction with Q waves in V2-V4 and persisting ST elevation, a sign of formation of a cardiac aneurysm.
References
<biblio>
- Wung pmid=16777513
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