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  • Title: Non-Q wave versus nontransmural infarction.
    Author: Valle BK, Lemberg L.
    Journal: Heart Lung; 1990 Mar; 19(2):208-11. PubMed ID: 2318664.
    Abstract:
    The classification of myocardial infarction into transmural and subendocardial types has previously been based on the presence or absence of abnormal Q waves. The pathologic anatomy of necrosis in myocardial infarction does not necessarily correspond to these electrocardiographic criteria. It is therefore more appropriate to describe these infarcts as Q wave or non-Q wave myocardial infarctions. The importance of this classification is underscored by their clinical and pathologic differences and the tendency for more serious prognosis in the non-Q wave infarcts.
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