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Case Reports
. 2023 Oct 23;2023(10):omad104.
doi: 10.1093/omcr/omad104. eCollection 2023 Oct.

South African flag sign

José Martín Alanís Naranjo  1 , Julio César Rivera Hermosillo  1
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Case Reports

South African flag sign

José Martín Alanís Naranjo et al. Oxf Med Case Reports. .
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None declared.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
High lateral myocardial infarction. (A) ECG with ST-segment elevation in leads I, aVL, and V2 with ST-depression in leads III and aVF. (B) Flag of South Africa superimposed on ECG, showing the characteristic pattern (arrows). (C) Coronary angiography with occlusion of the first diagonal vessel and thrombus with TIMI grade 2 flow (arrows).
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