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To the Editor: Lee and Atwood (March 6 issue)¹ provide an example of a calcified left ventricular aneurysm visualized by computed tomography (CT). On closer inspection, the pattern of calcifications in the apical region of the left ventricle gives reason to suspect the presence of a partly calcified ventricular thrombus as well. The arrow in their image actually points at a smaller calcified area that is clearly disparate from the thin, crescent-shaped calcification of the aneurysm itself and may be part of an apical thrombus. In addition, there are two smaller and less well-defined regions of higher attenuation close to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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