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Ali Amirahmadi1, Zahra Emkanjoo, Reza Mollazadeh
1Surgery department, Rajaee Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center (RCMRC), Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS).
Abstract:
A 27 year-old- lady was evaluated due to recurrent ventricular tachycardia. After performing echocardiography and cardiac MRI, she was found to have large pericardial cyst. Pathologic examination confirmed it as mesothelial pericardial cyst. Up to our knowledge it is the first presentation of simple pericardial cyst as ventricular a tachycardia.
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