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Case Reports
. 1987 May;15(2):249-52.
doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(87)90323-8.

Aortic rupture in a child diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography

A Cabrera, S Palomar, E Pastor
Case Reports

Aortic rupture in a child diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography

A Cabrera et al. Int J Cardiol. 1987 May.

Abstract

We report the first case of a child with an aortic rupture into the pericardial cavity secondary to a dissecting aneurysm developing in the context of aortic coarctation. The combination was diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography.

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