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Acute rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into the right atrium: a case report and a narrative review

BACKGROUND: Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare cardiac anomaly which has potential for spontaneous rupture into other cardiac chambers or the pericardial space (depending on its location). A ruptured SVA has a very poor prognosis with high morbidity and mortality. The development of a shunt...

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Autores principales: Doost, Ata, Craig, Julie-Ann, Soh, Siang Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01383-7