Ruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm presenting as ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-382

  Lindsay, Alistair C ^a   Mahesh, Balakrishnan ^a   Gaer, Jullien A ^a   Dalby, Miles C D ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SINUS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIECTOMY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STERNUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERICARDIECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SINUS OF VALSALVA; STERNUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649510081     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2009.45     Document Type: Article

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