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Diagnosis and management of a massive true inferobasal ventricular aneurysm ante perforationem

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Abbreviations

CT:

Computed tomography

MI:

Myocardial infarction

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

RCA:

Right coronary artery

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  1. Universitätsklinik Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik II, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Frank Eberhardt MD

  2. Universitätsklinik Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Cardiac Surgery, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Thorsten Hanke MD

  3. Universitätsklinik Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik II, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Joachim Weil MD

  4. Universitätsklinik Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik II, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Uwe K. H. Wiegand MD

  5. Universitätsklinik Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Jörg Gellissen MD

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Eberhardt, F., Hanke, T., Weil, J. et al. Diagnosis and management of a massive true inferobasal ventricular aneurysm ante perforationem. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 685–688 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0444-1

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