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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

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Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for the Detection of a Ventricular Aneurysm

© 2012 by the author(s). Learn more.

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https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.12.6832
Creative Commons 'BY-NC' version 4.0 license
Abstract

Left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) is a rare and dangerous disease process, for which rapid diagnosis can expedite further evaluation and treatment. Here we present the first case of LVA detected by focused cardiac ultrasound in a case of a patient with electrocardiographic findings consistent with a ST elevation myocardial infarction. [West J Emerg Med. 2012;13(4):326-328.]


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