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A Vamsidhar1, D Rajasekhar2, V Vanajakshamma3
1Senior Resident, Department of Cardiology, SVIMS, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Indian Heart Journal
|March 21, 2016
Abstract:
Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SOVA) with multiple communications, ventricular septal defect, and aortic regurgitation are still best treated surgically. We report a case of 30-year-old male with right SOVA, with two communications with right ventricle. Both communications were successfully closed using antegrade and retrograde approaches, respectively.
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