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Would a heart attack usually show up on a 3 lead ekg?

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Dr. Anita Prakash answered

Specializes in Cardiology

It can : A complete ECG is all 12 leads. Having said that a 3 lead ECG can give suspicion to prior injury or infarct, but not confirm for as confidently. Also matters which 3 leads are being traced, contiguous or not so that it would be more or less accurate if it made an anatomic sense.

Answered 6/28/2016

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