Multimodality images of a giant blood cyst originating from the bicuspid aortic valve.

Bicuspid Aortic Valve: An Unusual Cause of Aneurysm of Left Coronary Sinus of Valsalva

Bicuspid aortic valve is traditionally considered an innocuous congenital anomaly. Due to a better and widespread availability of non-invasive imaging techniques, it has come to the fore that 30% of these cases develop complications, viz., valve abnormality (aortic regurgitation and stenosis), and aneurysm of aortic root and ascending aorta. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is an uncommon complicatio...

A multimodality approach to an elderly patient with aortic coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus, and bicuspid aortic valve.

Painless Aortic Dissection—Diagnostic Dilemma With Fatal Outcomes: What Do We Learn?

Aortic dissection is the most catastrophic clinical condition that involves the aorta. It has a high mortality as well as high rate of misdiagnosis due to frequent unusual presentation. Typically, it presents with acute chest, back, and tearing abdominal pain. However, it can present atypically with minimal or no pain, making diagnosis difficult. Physicians should always suspect acute aortic di...

Intracardiac Eustachian Valve Cyst in an Adult Detected with Other Cardiac Anomalies: Usefulness of Multidetector CT in Diagnosis

We present an unusual case of an intracardiac Eustachian valve cyst observed concurrently with atresia of the coronary sinus ostium, a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) and a bicuspid aortic valve. There have been several echocardiographic reports of Eustachian valve cysts; however, there is no report of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) findings related to a Eustachian valve cys...

Multimodality Cardiac Imaging of a Noninfectious Pseudoaneursym of the Mitral-Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa

A patient who had undergone closure of the perimembranous ventricular septal defect and aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve with a mechanical prosthesis was being admitted to our department. He was afebrile, blood cultures were negative and there was no sign of endocarditis. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a normally functioning aortic prosthesis with a aortic root by the occ...