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Therefore, the patient underwent emergency endovascular coil embolization with complete aneurysm exclusion. The postoperative course was uneventful, until postoperative day five when the patient developed a symptomatic supraventricular tachycardia in the absence of echocardiographic alterations. The signs and symptoms disappeared after three days of medical management. The patient was discharged on the 14th postoperative day in good clinical condition under verapamil and anti-platelet therapy. Although ACTN2 mutation was associated with cardiac and peripheral vascular disease occurrence, to the best of our knowledge, the present case is the first report of a visceral (splenic) aneurysm directly linked with this rare mutation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12144729","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,18]],"date-time":"2023-07-18T01:46:02Z","timestamp":1689644762000},"page":"4729","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Rupture of Splenic Artery Aneurysm in Patient with ACTN2 Mutation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Martina","family":"Palughi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital of Rome, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, \u201cSapienza\u201d University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1312-1915","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pasqualino","family":"Sirignano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital of Rome, Department of General and Specialistic Surgery, \u201cSapienza\u201d University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nazzareno","family":"Stella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital of Rome, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, \u201cSapienza\u201d University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michele","family":"Rossi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Interventional Radiology Unit, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital of Rome, Department Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, \u201cSapienza\u201d University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Fiorani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cariology Unit, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maurizio","family":"Taurino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Sant\u2019Andrea Hospital of Rome, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, \u201cSapienza\u201d University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"280","DOI":"10.1007\/BF01758424","article-title":"The structure and function of alpha-actinin","volume":"10","author":"Blanchard","year":"1989","journal-title":"J. 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