Acute respiratory distress secondary to a huge chronic left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm
Pseudo-aneurysms are a rare, potentially life-threatening complication of a myocardial infarction. We present the case of a 45-year-old male who was brought to the emergency department in extremis and had a previous history of a late presentation inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated p...
Main Authors: | Jonathan Hinton, George Hunter, Madhava Dissanayake, Rob Hatrick |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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Series: | Echo Research and Practice |
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Online Access: | https://erp.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/echo/6/4/ERP-19-0018.xml |
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