American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 87-89 , 1 July 1999

Electrocardiographic criteria for predicting the culprit artery in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction

  • Abid R Assali, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Assali’s address is: Catheterization Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva 49 100, Israel
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  • Itzhak Herz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Mordachai Vaturi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Yehuda Adler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Alejandro Solodky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Yochai Birnbaum, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Samuel Sclarovsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 10 December 1998 ,Revised 16 February 1999 ,Accepted 16 February 1999.

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American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 87-89 , 1 July 1999

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