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Post-Traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Sinus of Valsalva Revealed by an Acute Coronary Compression |
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| Authors: | GILBERT HABIB MD THIERRY CAUS MD JEAN-FRANÇOIS AVIERINOS MD DOMINIQUE RICHARD MD MARC GARCIA MD FRÉDÉRIC BIOU MD ALEXANDRE MAXIMOVITCH-RODAMINOFF MD PIERRE AMBROSI MD ROGER LUCCIONI MD |
| Institution: | Department of Cardiology, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France |
| Abstract: | A 69-year-old woman presented with chest pain and electrocardiographic evidence ofsubacute anterior ischaemia. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography allowed correct diagnosis of a post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva. The large pseudoaneurysm caused compression of the left main coronary artery and was successfully treated by aortic root replacement, left main coronary artery ligation, and arterial bypass. |
| Keywords: | chest trauma aorta pseudoaneurysm echocardiography transesophageal echocardiography |