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Case Reports
. 2021 Sep 1;48(4):e186932.
doi: 10.14503/THIJ-18-6932.

Isolated Coronary Artery Aneurysm in a 12-Year-Old Boy With Marfan Syndrome

Cherry Liu  1 , Monica S Epelman  1   2 , Irina Ten  1   3 , Tomislav Ivsic  1   4
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Isolated Coronary Artery Aneurysm in a 12-Year-Old Boy With Marfan Syndrome

Cherry Liu et al. Tex Heart Inst J. .
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Fig. 1
Computed tomographic angiograms. A) Curved multiplanar reformatted image shows a mildly dilated fusiform aneurysm (arrow) beginning at the right coronary artery ostium. B) Three-dimensional volume-rendered image shows the 8-mm-long, 5.2-mm-diameter aneurysm (arrow).
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