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adj. - In front of the heart.

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  • A notch on the downstroke of the right precordial QRS complex is sometimes the tip off.
  • And that soft reply -- how covered with kisses, how worn in that pocket of the coat in which it can feel the beatings of the precordial region!
  • In other cases the precordial region was crossed, but I never witnessed any serious effect on the heart's action in any such injury at the time the patients came under...
  • precordial Leads Placement of the precordial leads are very important.
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