Extremely rare case of a rupture of the left sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into the main pulmonary artery

We describe a case of ruptured aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Valsalva diagnosed by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography. A very few cases with ruptured left sinus of Valsalva have been reported. We are reporting a rupture of the left sinus of Valsalva into the main pulmonary arter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Patil, Virendra C., Patil, Harsha V., Kshirsagar, Sanjay, Pujari, Bhupal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Clinical Case Report Based Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21716759
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-3583.78603
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Sumario:We describe a case of ruptured aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Valsalva diagnosed by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography. A very few cases with ruptured left sinus of Valsalva have been reported. We are reporting a rupture of the left sinus of Valsalva into the main pulmonary artery in a 40-year-old male diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography.

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