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Left Ventricular Aneurysm Presenting as Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia

Abdulah Alrifai, Mohamad Kabach, Jonathan Nieves and Robert Chait
Ochsner Journal September 2018, 18 (3) 288-290; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.18.0023
Abdulah Alrifai
Department of Cardiology, University of Miami/JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, FL
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Mohamad Kabach
Department of Cardiology, University of Miami/JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, FL
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Jonathan Nieves
Department of Cardiology, University of Miami/JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, FL
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Robert Chait
Department of Cardiology, University of Miami/JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, FL
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