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"Mushroom cloud": a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after a myocardial infarction due to myocardial bridging – a case report

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon complication after transmural myocardial infarction, occurring when a free wall rupture is contained by adhesions of the overlying pericardium preventing acute tamponade. In this report, an unusual case of a 61 year-old male with a giant apical left ven...

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Autores principales: Gomes, Renata, Andrade, Maria João, Santos, Miguel, Lima, Sónia, Gouveia, Raquel A, Ferreira, Manuel M, Silva, José Aniceto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19615103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-7-36

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