A walking imminent disaster
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A 48-year-old male presented late with a NSTEMI. He was found to have 3 vessel diseases and underwent triple coronary artery bypass. One year later, he presented with worsening exertional dyspnoea. A cardiac magnetic resonance was performed.
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A walking imminent disaster
Authors
SA COUTO David1,2, SANTOS Mariana1,2, RIBEIRO Diana1, COSTA Ricardo1, SA Isabel1,2, SANTOS Raquel1,2, BROCHADO Bruno1,2, LUZ Andre1,2, SILVEIRA Joao1,2, TORRES Severo1,2
- Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, PORTUGAL
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - U.Porto, Porto, PORTUGAL
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Great Case. We published two such cases as below:---- Vijayvergiya R, Pattam J, Rana SS, Singh JD, Puri GD, Singhal M. Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm presenting with hemoptysis. World J Cardiol. 2012 Jun 26;4(6):218-20. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v4.i6.218. PMID: 22761977; PMCID: PMC3386314. Vijayvergiya R, Kumar A, Rana SS, Singh H, Puri GD, Singhal M. Post-myocardial infarction giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm presenting with severe heart failure. World J Cardiol. 2012 Nov 26;4(11):309-11. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v4.i11.309. PMID: 23185652; PMCID: PMC3505850.