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Document Details : Title: A massive left-to-right shunt due to a ruptured giant aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva Author(s): VYDT, Tom , SMOLDERS, Walter , RADEMAKERS, Frank Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Date: December 2002 Pages: 449-451 DOI: 10.2143/AC.57.6.2005472 Abstract : We describe a patient with a giant ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm causing a massive left-to-right shunt. The diagnosis was made by transoesophageal echocardiography and confirmed by angiography. We outline briefly a diagnostic and therapeutic work-up. |