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

• 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)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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%...