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. 1981 Feb;45(2):222–224. doi: 10.1136/hrt.45.2.222

Traumatic left ventricular aneurysm in an 8-year-old child.

D Smith, D Walker, M Sturridge
PMCID: PMC482515  PMID: 7459180

Abstract

An asymptomatic 8-year-old boy was found to have a left ventricular aneurysm and a ventricular septal defect 14 months after a road traffic accident. At operation a large, thin-walled, clot-filled aneurysm was removed and the septal defect repaired.

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