Left Valsalva Sinus Aneurysm Rupture into Left Atrium and Aortic Valve Prolapse Confirmed with Transesophageal Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1010.e3-1010.e6

  Park, Seong Hoon ^a   Jung, Hae Sun ^a   Yu, Mina ^a   Min, Sun Kyung ^a   Ahn, Jae Ho ^a   Kim, Yookyung ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE PROLAPSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SINUS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED;

AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE PROLAPSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 34548423570     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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