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(Circulation. 1959;20:251.)
© 1959 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Cardiac Aneurysm with Ventricular Tachycardia and Subsequent Excision of Aneurysm

Case Report

O. A. COUCH JR. M.D.¹

¹ From the Department of Medicine of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and of Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn.

A case of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with an anterolateral ventricular aneurysm is reported. The aneurysm was excised and the ventricular tachycardia did not recur, despite discontinuation of quinidine.

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