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Question
You see the following on a parasternal long-axis view; what's the diagnosis and what coronary distribution is involved?
Answer
Severe hypokinesis with anterioseptal wall motion abnormality.
- A: Anteroseptal wall (perfused by left anterior descending)
- B: Inferolateral wall (perfused by left circulmflex artery and variable contributions from posterior descending artery)
- Click on the links to read more about cardiac wall segments and their coronary distribution
- Parasternal view and Apical four chamber view
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