Abstract
Although the heart pumps blood around the entire body, it too requires a supply of blood, oxygen and nutrients to perform its action as a pump. The heart gets its blood supply from the coronary arteries (Fig. 10.1).
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Davies, A., Scott, A. (2014). Acute Coronary Syndromes. In: Starting to Read ECGs. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4962-0_10
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