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IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva

Yoshihiro Hamada, MD, Tetsuji Kawata, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Takai Hospital Tenri, Japan

Yoshihiro Hamada, MD, Tel: +81 743 650 372, Fax: +81 743 651 976, Email: fghwq769{at}ybb.ne.jp, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Takai Hospital, 461-2 Kuranosho, Tenri, Nara 632-0006, Japan.

A 51-year-old man with angina pectoris was found to have an asymptomatic aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva when contrast-enhanced multi-row detector computed tomography was performed to evaluate his coronary arteries (Figure 1Go). He rejected an operation. Four months later, he was admitted with heart failure. Transthoracic echocardiography showed rupture of the sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, and an operation was performed (Figure 2Go).


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  		Figure 1. Contrast-enhanced electrocardiogram-gated 64-slice computed tomography demonstrated an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva (arrow) originating from the right coronary cusp.

 

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  		Figure 2. Intraoperative photographs of the sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. (a) After a right atriotomy, the fistula (arrow) of the aneurysm from the coronary cusp to the right atrium was seen. (b) View from the aorta. The arrow indicates the ostium of the sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.

 

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009; 17:533-534
© 2009 by SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309348626


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