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. 2012;43(2):116-9.

"Flat line" in a limb lead

Ross MacKenzie  1
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  • PMID: 22876416

"Flat line" in a limb lead

Ross MacKenzie. J Insur Med. 2012.

Abstract

A life insurance applicant's electrocardiogram shows a flat line in one of the standard leads and new Q waves in the inferior leads. The clinical and risk assessment implications are reviewed.

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