title: Ruptured sinus of Valsalva masquerading as rheumatic heart disease.
abstract: Ruptured sinus of Valsalva is a rare lesion in pediatric age group. We are reporting a twelve year old child with hyperdynamic circulation being diagnosed and treated as Rheumatic heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Medicine, PGIMER, Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Mukesh Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Beniwal
authors.forename: Dinesh Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Pankaj Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000473:pathology*