Highlights a rare complication of right ventricular false aneurysm secondary to bacterial endocarditis following surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot.
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Raises awareness of rare post-TOF RV false aneurysm with endocarditis; leaves open incidence, risk factors, and management.
Right ventricular aneurysm is a rare complication of heart surgery. A case is described in which false aneurysm developed secondary to bacterial endocarditis after total correction of tetralogy of Fallot.
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