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Two very similar cases of persistent positive myocardial scintigraphy with radiotechnetium are described and, in view of the agreement of other medical, electrocardiographic, apexcardiographic and radiographic data, this can be ascribed to the presence of a parietal ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction.
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Ciambellotti, E., Albano, T. & Bobba, F. Myocardial uptake of radiotechnetium in two cases of ventricular aneurysm after infarction. La Ricerca Clin. Lab. 8, 193–198 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904991
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