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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2954-3835</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cardiovascular and metabolic science]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cardiovasc. metab. sci]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2954-3835</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Nacional de Cardiólogos de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2954-38352019000200076</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm that fistulizes into the right atrium]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aneurisma del seno de Valsalva que fistuliza en la aurícula derecha]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rabascall Cobos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Fernanda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peñaherrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Luis Vernaza Departamento de Ecocardiografía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Luis Vernaza Servicio de Cardiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>76</fpage>
<lpage>81</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2954-38352019000200076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2954-38352019000200076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2954-38352019000200076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The Valsalva sinus aneurysm is a rare entity in the general population, with an incidence between 0.14 and 3.5% in open-heart surgeries, with a wide clinical spectrum and both electrical and mechanical complications. We present the case of a patient with an aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva that fistulized to the right atrium and was complicated with heart failure. The echocardiographic images that were useful to establish the diagnosis and the therapeutic measures are shown, as well as a review of the topic.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El aneurisma del seno de Valsalva es una entidad rara en la población general, con una incidencia entre 0.14 y 3.5% en cirugías de corazón abierto, con un amplio espectro clínico y complicaciones tanto eléctricas como mecánicas. Se presenta el caso de un paciente con aneurisma del seno de Vasalva derecho fistulizado hacia aurícula derecha complicado con insuficiencia cardiaca. Se muestran las imágenes ecocardiográficas que fueron útiles para establecer el diagnóstico y las medidas terapéuticas, además de una revisión del tema.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Valsalva sinus aneurysm]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cardiac insufficiency]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cardiovascular diagnostic techniques]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[echocardiography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Aneurisma del seno de Valsalva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[insuficiencia cardiaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[técnicas de diagnóstico cardiovascular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ecocardiografía]]></kwd>
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