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Contrast 2D echocardiography visualises ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm as a diastolic right atrial echo-free zone.
Case Report (n=1)
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The M-mode and two dimensional echocardiographic features are described of a patient with rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into the right atrium. A clear echo-free zone arising from the tip of the aneurysm is visualised in the right atrium in diastole by peripheral injection of echocardiographic contrast material. At surgery a fistula was seen between the non-coronary cusp and the right atrium.
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Nakamura et al. (1981) conducted a case report in Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into the right atrium (n=1). Contrast two-dimensional echocardiography was evaluated on Visualisation of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Contrast two-dimensional echocardiography visualised a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in 1 patient as a diastolic echo-free zone in the right atrium, confirmed at surgery.
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