The chance finding of an aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva in an 11-year-old child with a ventricular septal defect and a pericardial effusion

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Dattilo, Giuseppe ^a   Tulino, Domenico ^b   Tulino, Viviana ^c   Lamari, Annalisa ^d   Marte, Filippo ^a   Patanè, Salvatore ^a  

^a Cardiologia Nuovo Presidio Ospedaliero Cutroni Zodda Barcellona PdG ^*  (Italy)

^b G Jazzolino Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva; Pericardial effusion; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; ITALY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHILD; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 80052738372     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.056     Document Type: Article

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