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. 1994 May;71(5):479–480. doi: 10.1136/hrt.71.5.479

Transcatheter closure of a ruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva

Seamus Cullen 1, Jane Somerville 1, Andrew Redington 1
PMCID: PMC483728  PMID: 8011415

Abstract

A ruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva in a man of 34 was closed by a transcatheter technique with a 12 mm modified Rashkind umbrella device.

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