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** V2 - placed in the 4th intercostal space, left of the sternum
** V2 - placed in the 4th intercostal space, left of the sternum
** V3 - placed between V2 and V4
** V3 - placed between V2 and V4
** V4 - placed 5th intercostal space in the nippleline
** V4 - placed 5th intercostal space in the nippleline. Official recommendations are to place V4 under the breast in women.<cite>Kligfield</cite>
** V5 - placed between V4 ann V6
** V5 - placed between V4 and V6  
** V6 - placed in the axillar line on the same height as V4
** V6 - placed in the midaxillary line on the same height as V4 (horizontal line from V4, so not necessarily in the 5th intercostal space)


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