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Diagnosis is generally established by transthoracic echocardiography but confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. Urgent surgery is the treatment choice given the risk of embolization and rupture.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13256-021-02709-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,3]],"date-time":"2021-05-03T10:03:01Z","timestamp":1620036181000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Thrombosed left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following myocardial infarction: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6806-3364","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fatma","family":"Zouari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rami","family":"Tlili","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fares","family":"Azaiez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sofien","family":"Zayed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rim","family":"Ben Romdhane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jalel","family":"Ziadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Youssef","family":"Ben Ameur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"2709_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1449","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehq061","volume":"31","author":"J L\u00f3pez-Send\u00f3n","year":"2010","unstructured":"L\u00f3pez-Send\u00f3n J, Gurfinkel EP, Lopez de Sa E, Agnelli G, Gore JM, Steg PG, et\u00a0al. 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