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A left ventricular true aneurysm
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

A left ventricular true aneurysm

Yehia Saleh, Abdallah Almaghraby, Ola Abdelkarim, Mahmoud Abdelnaby and Basma Hammad
Clinical case reports, Vol.6(6), pp.1193-1194
06/2018
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1505
PMCID: PMC5986037
PMID: 29881598
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1505View
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Abstract

True ventricular aneurysm is a scarred wall that most commonly results after an unrevascularized ST elevation myocardial infarction. Patients usually present with heart failure, angina, ventricular arrhythmia, systemic embolization, or ventricular rupture. Diagnosis can be achieved via echocardiography, left ventricle angiogram, cardiac computed tomography, or cardiac magnetic resonance.
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