Double-chambered left ventricle in an adult: diagnosis by CMRI
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Marcelo Souto Nacif, Ricardo A. F. Mello, Orly O. Lacerda Junior, Christophe T. Sibley, Renato A. Machado, Edson Marchiori I National Institutes of Health Radiology Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States. II Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. III Universidade Federal do Espı́rito, Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil. IV UNIMED (CIAS) – Cardiology, Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil. V UNIMED (CIAS) – Radiology, Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil. VI Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – Radiology, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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