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Left Ventricular Outpouchings Following Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Cynthia Karam1, Nancy Abou Nafeh1, Marie T Aouad1
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), American University of Beirut (AUB), Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
|May 29, 2025
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