creators_name: Raval, J
creators_name: Nagaraja, V
creators_name: Fahmy, PNA
creators_name: Denniss, AR
creators_id: jwalant_21@yahoo.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2014-08-24 20:55:25
lastmod: 2015-04-20 11:45:14
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title: Type A Dissection Presenting as a Double Aortic Valve
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Aortic root dissection; Double aortic valve; Bentall procedure
abstract: We report a case of spontaneous aortic root dissection in a middle-aged male without history of recent trauma, mimicking double aortic valve on the echocardiogram which extended to the right brachiocephalic artery. The patient immediately underwent Bentall procedure.
date: 2013-11-15
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 12
number: 3(8)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Raval, J and Nagaraja, V and Fahmy, PNA and Denniss, AR  (2013) Type A Dissection Presenting as a Double Aortic Valve.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/9695/1/2013-3-8.pdf