Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the left sinus of valsalva revealed by an acute coronary compression: An echocardiographic case report

Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 665-667

  Habib, Gilbert ^a   Caus, Thierry ^a   Avierinos, Jean François ^a   Richard, Dominique ^a   Garcia, Marc ^a   Biou, Frédéric ^a   Maximovitch Rodaminoff, Alexandre ^a   Ambrosi, Pierre ^a   Luccioni, Roger ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Chest trauma; Echocardiography; Pseudoaneurysm; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031770866     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00666.x     Document Type: Article

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