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Case Reports
. 2015 Oct 28:2015:bcr2015212883.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-212883.

Successful device closure of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm presenting with acute heart failure

Kunal Mahajan  1 , Sanjeev Asotra  2 , Prakash Negi  2 , Rajeev Merwaha  2
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Case Reports

Successful device closure of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm presenting with acute heart failure

Kunal Mahajan et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Transthoracic echocardiogram, parasternal short-axis view, displaying an RSOV (arrow), with colour Doppler demonstrating shunting into the right atrium (RA) near the tricuspid valve (LA, left atrium; RSOV, ruptured sinus of Valsalva; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Aortic root angiogram showing a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm forming a windsock deformity (arrow) into the right side chambers.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Aortic root angiogram showing the device (arrow) positioned across the ruptured sinus of Valsalva just before its deployment.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Transthoracic echocardiogram, apical four- chamber view, showing the device in situ (arrow) across the RSOV (LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RSOV, ruptured sinus of Valsalva; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle).
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