Posterior MI: Difference between revisions

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-==Overview==
-A posterior MI is a [[heart attack]] or cessation of blood flow to the [[heart muscle]] that involves the backside or posterior side of the heart.  Rather than causing the traditional [[ST segment elevation]] characteristic of the electrocardiogram of many heart attacks (a "[[STEMI]]"), because the heart attack is on the opposite side of the heart, the ST segments are depressed in the anterior precordial leads rather than elevated.
-==References==
-{{Reflist|2}}