Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 427-429 , November 2006

Acute myocardial infarction with precordial ST segment elevation: Where is the culprit?

  • William D. Brearley Jr., MD
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  • Lee Taylor III, MD
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  • Laszlo Littmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Laszlo Littmann, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, P. O. Box 32861, Charlotte, NC 28232. Fax: 704-355-7626

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PII: S0147-9563(06)00201-9

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.07.004

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 427-429 , November 2006

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