American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 8 , Pages 1081-1085 , 15 October 2010

Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Left Circumflex Artery Occlusion and Significance of ST-Segment Elevation

  • Aaron M. From, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Patricia J.M. Best, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Ryan J. Lennon, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Charanjit S. Rihal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Abhiram Prasad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (507) 538-6325; fax: (507) 255-2550

Received 15 April 2010 ,Revised 5 June 2010 ,Accepted 5 June 2010.

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PII: S0002-9149(10)01199-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.016

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 8 , Pages 1081-1085 , 15 October 2010

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