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full text[Giant coronary aneurysm in Kawasaki disease].
A 22-year-old man, occasional user of cocaine and smoker of 22 cigarettes/day, was referred to our center for chest pain. The physical examination and laboratory workup were normal. Electrocardiography showed right bundle branch block with Q-waves in V1, V2, and V3. The chest x-ray (Figure 1) revealed a round calcified image superimposed on the cardiac silhouette. On echocardiography, the left ...
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the journal of tehran university heart centerجلد ۴، شماره ۳، صفحات ۱۹۷-۱۹۸
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