Complicated ruptured sinus of Valsalva: Cardiac computed tomographic angiography (64 slice) predicts surgical appearance and obviates need for invasive cardiac catheterization

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 888-890

  Ro, Thomas K ^a   Cotter, Bruno R ^a   Simsir, Sinan A ^b   Karlsberg, Ronald P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cardiovascular Research Foundation of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic valve; Cardiac computed tomographic angiography; CT angiography; Rupture sinus of Valsalva

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOPROSTHESIS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 70350464529     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.215590     Document Type: Article

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