Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 190-194 , March 1996

Echocardiographic diagnosis of right and left sinus of Valsalva aneurysms dissecting into the ventricular septum

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 190-194 , March 1996

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