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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 51, 996-998, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm eroding into the interventricular septum

H Raffa, J Mosieri, AA Sorefan and MT Kayali
King Fahad Heart Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

We report a case of erosion of an aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva into the interventricular septum. The mode of presentation, the preoperative evaluation, and the echocardiographic and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging features are presented, and the cardiac catheterization findings and surgical management of this very rare cardiac pathology are discussed.

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