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- acute coronary syndrome
- myocardial infarction
- cardiac catheterization
- echocardiography
- heart failure, systolic
Clinical introduction
A man in his 50s was referred to our hospital after being treated for acute anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI) with intravenous thrombolysis. The patient had worsening dyspnoea. Examination revealed elevated jugular venous pressure, bilateral crackles and a prominent pansystolic murmur. Coronary angiogram revealed significant stenosis of the distal left main and ostioproximal left anterior descending artery.
A left ventriculogram was performed during cardiac catheterisation (figure 1, video 1).
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Contributors All authors contributed to design, draft preparation and review of the manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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