Posterior acute myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Posterior (posterolateral) acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) The heart is rotated 30° to the left in the thorax. This positions the basal portion of the left…
Author: Dr Araz Rawshani, M.D, PhD
Associate professor
Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden
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