Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23008378›Full record

ArticleBMJ case reports2012

Gigantic unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm presenting as an incidental murmur.

Hatim Yagoub, Bhanu Prakash Srinivas, James McCarthy, Thomas John Kiernan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hatim YagoubDepartment of Cardiology, Mallow General Hospital, Mallow, Cork, Ireland. drhatimyagoub@yahoo.com
Bhanu Prakash Srinivas
James McCarthy
Thomas John Kiernan
Cork University Hospital · IEMallow General Hospital · IEMater Misericordiae University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of a 56-year-old man referred by his family physician with an asymptomatic cardiac murmur. Trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) suggested an unruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) causing extrinsic compression of the right ventricular outflow tract. This was confirmed with an ECG-gated cardiac CT showing a large right SVA measuring 35×37×42 mm in size. Coronary angiography demonstrated non-obstructive coronary artery disease. Ascending thoracic anterior in the right anterior oblique view delineated the right SVA. The patient underwent aortic valve sparing surgical repair of the aneurysm with an excellent result. Echocardiography confirmed obliteration of the aneurysm and normal aortic valve function postoperatively.

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Aortic AneurysmAortic ValveCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart MurmursHumansMaleMiddle AgedRadiographySinus of ValsalvaVentricular Outflow Obstruction

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PMID23008378
PMCPMC4544927
OpenAlexW1978802653

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