Cor Vasa 2005, 46(2)

Fatal acute sinus of Valsalva rupture.

Libor Hemžský1, Vít Mařatka1, Vladimír Rozsíval1, Jiří Kvasnička1, Petr Vojtíšek1, Leo Steinhart2, Egon Procházka3
1 Kardiologické oddělení, Interní klinika, Krajská Nemocnice Pardubice a Ústav zdravotnických studií Univerzity Pardubice, Pardubice
2 Radiodiagnostická klinika
3 Kardiochirurgická klinika, Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Česká republika

The authors report the case of a 26-year-old man admitted for chest pain of one hour, with rapidly developing cardiogenic shock in the presence of non-coronary sinus of Valsalva rupture. ECG recordings, aortography and ventriculography are also documented.

Keywords: Sinus of Valsalva; Cardiogenic shock; Aortography; Coronary arteriography

Published: February 1, 2005  Show citation

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Hemžský L, Mařatka V, Rozsíval V, Kvasnička J, Vojtíšek P, Steinhart L, Procházka E. Fatal acute sinus of Valsalva rupture. Cor Vasa. 2005;46(2):.
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