Cardiac tamponade and death from intrapericardial of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-102

  Munk, Marc David ^a   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a   King, David E L ^b   Webb, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extracardiac rupture; Non coronary sinus; Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 0032969669     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00269-3     Document Type: Article

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