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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">97</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Bulgarian Cardiology</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">Bulgarian Cardiology</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1310-7488</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2683-1015</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Bulgarian Society of Cardiology</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/bgcardio.29.e109296</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Case Report</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Cardiosurgery (кардиохирургия)</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: don’t judge a book by its cover!</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Yusuf</surname>
            <given-names>M.M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9305-5673</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>A.M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">draishwarya_m@apollohospitals.com</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8305-7744</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Apollo Main Hospital, Chennai, India</addr-line>
        <institution>Apollo Main Hospital</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Chennai</addr-line>
        <country>India</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: A.M. Kumar (<email xlink:type="simple">draishwarya_m@apollohospitals.com</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: Maria Milanova</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>125</fpage>
      <lpage>127</lpage>
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      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>10</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>12</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>M.M. Yusuf, A.M. Kumar</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p><strong>Background:</strong> Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (RSOV) has poor prognosis and a high mortality rate. Clinical suspicion is critical for prompt diagnosis and management. <strong>Case Presentation:</strong> A 33-year-old woman with no comorbidities, presented with persistent cough and recurrent lower respiratory tract infection for 2 years. Echocardiogram showed ruptured right sinus of Valsalva into right ventricle with calciﬁ ed ruptured membrane forming wind-sock morphology. When the patient was taken to the operating room, it was discovered that the RSOV had ruptured into the right atrium. She underwent excision of calciﬁ ed wind-sock tissue along with pericardial patch closure of ruptured right sinus. <strong>Conclusions: </strong>We discuss a case of an RSOV with atypical presentation, as well as a disparity in imaging features and surgical ﬁ ndings.</p>
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