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. 1983 Nov;50(5):495–497. doi: 10.1136/hrt.50.5.495

Aneurysm of left ventricle and left coronary artery after non-penetrating chest trauma.

D L Stone, H A Fleming
PMCID: PMC481446  PMID: 6639821

Abstract

A 17 year old boy who sustained blunt chest trauma to his chest developed a proximal left anterior descending coronary artery aneurysm and an aneurysm of the left ventricle. He underwent left ventricular aneurysmectomy and was discharged to outpatient follow up.

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