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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
The syndrome is present in 16% of patients in the orginal description [1] and in 14% of patients at presentation in a prospective study and in 60% of patients within the first 24 hours.[2]
References
- ↑ de Zwaan, C (1982). "Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction". American Heart Journal. 103 (4): 730–736. doi:10.1016/0002-8703(82)90480-X. PMID 6121481. Unknown parameter
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