RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA INTO THE RIGHT VENTRICLE: A NEW MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
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https://doi.org/10.48729/pjctvs.33Abstract
We present 2 cases presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath (SOB). Their preoperative echocardiographies showed ruptured right sinus of Valsalva (RSOV) into the right ventricle (RV). Ventricular septal defect (VSD) was diagnosed only intraoperatively
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