Published 2011 | Version v1
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Aneurysm of the left aortic sinus causing acute myocardial infarction

Creators

  • 1. Netcare N1 City Hospital, Cape Town (South Africa)
  • 2. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cape Town and Associated Hospitals, Cape Town (South Africa)

Description

This report describes the findings and management of a young male who presented with an acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction due to compression of the circumflex coronary artery by a large aneurysm of left sinus of Valsalva

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.84671; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180983

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180983;
DOI
10.4103/0974-2069.84671;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Annals of pediatric cardiology
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 189-191
ISSN
0974-2069

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46050097
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
COMPRESSION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARIES; LEVELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MALES; MANAGEMENT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NMR IMAGING; SINUSES
Descriptors DEC
ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAVITIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ORGANS; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Notes
PMCID: PMC3180983; PMID: 21976885; PUBLISHER-ID: APC-4-189; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3180983; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.