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[[Image:stelevatie_en.png|thumb|300px|ST elevatie is measured at the junctional or j-point.<cite>Gibbons</cite>]]
[[Image:stelevatie_en.png|thumb|300px|ST elevatie is measured at the junctional or j-point.<cite>Gibbons</cite>]]
[[Image:normal_ST_elevation.png|thumb|300px|Examples of normal ST elevation. Adapted from <cite>Wang</cite>]]
[[Image:normal_ST_elevation.png|thumb|300px|Examples of normal ST elevation. Adapted from <cite>Wang</cite>]]
[[Image:pathologic_ST_elevation.png|thumb|300px|Examples of pathologic ST elevation. [[LVH]], [[LBBB]], [[Pericarditis]], [[Hyperkalemia]], [[Anterior AMI]] <cite>Wang</cite>]]
[[Image:pathologic_ST_elevation.png|thumb|300px|Examples of pathologic ST elevation. [[LVH]], [[LBBB]], [[Pericarditis]], [[Hyperkalemia]], [[Anterior AMI]]. Adapted from <cite>Wang</cite>]]
The most important cause of '''ST segment elevation''' is '''acute [[Ischemia]]'''. Other causes are <cite>Wang</cite><cite>Werf</cite>:
The most important cause of '''ST segment elevation''' is '''acute [[Ischemia]]'''. Other causes are <cite>Wang</cite><cite>Werf</cite>:
*Early repolarization
*Early repolarization