(2007) Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 283. ISBN 9780781770125. Viitattu 6 November 2014. “The most worrisome type is the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) MI, often referred to as the widow-maker infarction, which carries a high mortality and is attributed to an occlusion of the LAD before or at the first septal perforator.”
Lewis, Kathryn (1 December 2009). Multiple Lead ECGs: A Practical Analysis of Arrhythmias. Cengage Learning, 10. ISBN 9781435441248. Viitattu 6 November 2014. “The LAD is frequently implicated in sudden cardiac death, predominantly in adult males. Clinicians often refer to the LAD as the widow maker because obstruction here predisposes to a high incidence of sudden death.”
