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A left ventricular true aneurysm.

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.

SUBMITTER: Saleh Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5986037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A left ventricular true aneurysm.

Saleh Yehia Y Almaghraby Abdallah A Abdelkarim Ola O Abdelnaby Mahmoud M Hammad Basma B

Clinical case reports 20180406 6

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. ...[more]

PMID: 29881598

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