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Diagnosis of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysms: Potential Value of Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
ABDELKHIRANE CHÉRIF,
ROUDAUT RAYMOND,
DALLOCCHIO MODESTE
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00400.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sinus (botany) , cardiology , value (mathematics) , radiology , computer science , genus , machine learning , botany , biology
Two patient cases are reported in which an aneurysm of the right coronary sinus of Valsalva ruptured into the right ventricular outflow tract, near the crux of the heart. Transthoracic two‐dimensional echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography using Doppler color flow mapping allowed accurate preoperative assessment of the left‐to‐right shunt, which was subsequently confirmed by contrast aortography and surgery.