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The case presented is that of a 3-year-old boy with an asymptomatic left ventricular diverticulum. The value of MRI in the detection and classification of this entity is illustrated.
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Sty, J.R., Wells, R.G. & Hardie, R.C. Left ventricular diverticulum: MRI demonstration (congenital broad-based left ventricular aneurysm). Pediatr Radiol 24, 298–299 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015464
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