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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.