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An unusual cause of acute thoracic pain: left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

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  1. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Felice D’Antuono, Arnaldo Stanzione, Anna Giacoma Tucci, Silvia Pizza & Pietro Venetucci

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D’Antuono, F., Stanzione, A., Tucci, A.G. et al. An unusual cause of acute thoracic pain: left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Intern Emerg Med 13, 1329–1331 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1911-1

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