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Post‐Traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Sinus of Valsalva Revealed by an Acute Coronary Compression
Author(s) -
HABIB GILBERT,
CAUS THIERRY,
AVIERINOS JEANFRANÇOIS,
RICHARD DOMINIQUE,
GARCIA MARC,
BIOU FRÉDÉRIC,
MAXIMOVITCHRODAMINOFF ALEXANDRE,
AMBROSI PIERRE,
LUCCIONI ROGER
Publication year - 1998
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.1540-8175.1998.tb00666.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , cardiology , sinus (botany) , chest pain , aortic root , artery , ligation , coronary sinus , left coronary artery , compression (physics) , radiology , aorta , complication , botany , biology , genus , materials science , composite material
A 69‐year‐old woman presented with chest pain and electrocardiographic evidence ofsubacute anterior ischaemia. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography allowed correct diagnosis of a post‐traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva. The large pseudoaneurysm caused compression of the left main coronary artery and was successfully treated by aortic root replacement, left main coronary artery ligation, and arterial bypass.