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The South African Flag Sign: An Electrocardiographic Flag for All Coronary Territories?

The South African flag sign (SAFS) is an acute, dynamic electrocardiographic (ECG) finding typically associated with first diagonal (D 1 ) artery occlusion. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who exhibited this pattern but subsequently revealed the dreaded "widow-maker" lesion (100%...

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Main Authors: Steven Swarath MBBS (Author), Nicole Maharaj MBBS (Author), Andrew Hall MBBS (Author), Jean Marie Frederick MBBS (Author), Rajeev Seecheran MBBS, MHA (Author), Valmiki Seecheran MBBS, MSc (Author), Naveen Anand Seecheran MBBS (MD) (Author)
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Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:The South African flag sign (SAFS) is an acute, dynamic electrocardiographic (ECG) finding typically associated with first diagonal (D 1 ) artery occlusion. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who exhibited this pattern but subsequently revealed the dreaded "widow-maker" lesion (100% occluded proximal left anterior descending [LAD] artery) and severe multivessel disease (90% stenosis of the posterior left ventricular [PLV] artery and 80% stenosis of the left circumflex artery [LCx]).
Item Description:2324-7096
10.1177/23247096231192861

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