Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm Causing Ventricular Tachycardia and Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction.

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging

Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine (R.M.D., A.J.S.), NYU Langone Health, New York, NY.

Published: September 2024

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