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Ischaemia or Pseudoischaemia? The Memory Hypothesis Revisited

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Ischaemia and pseudoischaemia differential diagnosis is a clinical practice challenge of utmost importance.

Three clinical cases are here reported where an accurate ECG observation and interpretation could suggest the proper diagnosis and exclude the wrong one.

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  1. Clinica di Cardiologia e Aritmologia, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

    Claudio Cupido, Giorgio Guidotti, Enrico Paolini & Giulio Spinucci

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  1. Cardiology Clinic, Marche Polytechnic University Cardiology Clinic, Ancona, Italy

    Alessandro Capucci

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Cupido, C., Guidotti, G., Paolini, E., Spinucci, G. (2019). Ischaemia or Pseudoischaemia? The Memory Hypothesis Revisited. In: Capucci, A. (eds) New Concepts in ECG Interpretation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91677-4_10

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