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Rare Silent Ischemic Ventricular Septal Aneurysm and Rupture: A Multimodality Diagnostic Approach
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  • Hong Loan Nguyen,
  • Nicolas Palaskas,
  • Nasser Lakkis,
  • Rashed Tabbaa
Hong Loan Nguyen

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Nicolas Palaskas
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Nasser Lakkis
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Rashed Tabbaa
Baylor College of Medicine
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Abstract

Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction are rare but have elevated short- and long-term mortality rates. The authors present a rare case of an inferobasal left ventricular aneurysm and rupture after a silent inferior infarction. A multimodality approach is important in the diagnosis and management.