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Huge left ventricular aneurysm in a minimally symptomatic 11-year-old boy

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Moniotte, Stéphane [UCL] Barréa, Catherine [UCL] Gonzalez, Maria Cecilia [UCL] Sluysmans, Thierry [UCL] El Khoury, Gébrine [UCL] Rubay, Jean [UCL]

An 11-year-old boy presented with mild shortness of breath and tachycardia and was diagnosed with a huge left ventricular aneurysm ruptured in a secondary pseudoaneurysm. This report highlights the complementary use of echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative assessment of this anomaly.

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Bibliographic reference Moniotte, Stéphane ; Barréa, Catherine ; Gonzalez, Maria Cecilia ; Sluysmans, Thierry ; El Khoury, Gébrine ; et. al. Huge left ventricular aneurysm in a minimally symptomatic 11-year-old boy. In: Congenital Heart Disease, Vol. 4, no. 1, p. 46-49 (2009)
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