Blow-out left ventricular free wall rapture.

Eur Heart J Case Rep

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.

Published: December 2022

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