Title: A case of acute hepatic injury caused by a ruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva

Running Title: RSVA causes liver injury

Authors: Lianxing Zhao¹ (MD), Zhenzhen Han² (MS), Peng Gao³ (MD)

Institution: 1. Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, Shandong, China;

2. Department of Oncology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266000, Shandong, China

Email: 1.lianxingzhao@hotmail.com

2. hanbingzhenzhen@126.com

3. 18661807323@163.com

Corresponding author: Peng Gao, Department of Emergency Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, Shandong, China. Email: 18661807323@163.com

Funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Disclosure

There are no conflicts of interest to disclose for all authors of this study.

Ethics approval statement

This study is approved by affiliated hospital of Qingdao University Institutional Ethics Committee.

Informed Consent Statement

The involved person gave her informed consent prior to study inclusion.

Clinical Trial Registration Details

None. It is a case report.

Keywords: hepatic injury; sinus of Valsalva; rupture

ORCID ID:

Peng Gao 0000-0001-9680-0835

Zhenzhen Han 0000-0003-2492-1050

Lianxing Zhao 0000-0003-1170-7813