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(Circulation. 1965;32:43.)
© 1965 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Annular Subvalvular Left Ventricular Aneurysms in the South African Bantu

ELLIOT CHESLER M.B. (RAND.), M.R.C.P. (EDIN.)¹; NORMAN JOFFE M.B. (RAND.), D.M.R.D. (LOND.)¹; LEO SCHAMROTH M.B. (RAND.), M.R.C.P. (GLASG.), M.R.C.P. (EDIN.)¹; ANTHONY MEYERS M.B. (RAND.)¹

¹ From the Cardiac Clinic, Baragwanath Hospital, and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The clinical, radiologic, morbid anatomic, and histologic features of six cases of annular subvalvular left ventricular aneurysms occurring in African subjects are described. The problems of surgical repair are emphasized and the possibilities of antemortem diagnosis discussed.

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