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ECG (12 Lead)

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Cardiovascular complications contribute to mortality and morbidity following major noncardiac surgeries. Myocardial ischemia and infarction are among the most important complications that could occur impacting the prognosis of those patients.

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Correspondence to Talla A. Rousan MD, FACC .

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Rousan, T.A. (2017). ECG (12 Lead). In: Raj, T. (eds) Data Interpretation in Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55862-2_15

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