Giant unruptured non-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm presenting as tricuspid stenosis.

نویسندگان

  • Rafet Gunay
  • Yavuz Sensoz
  • Ilyas Kayacioglu
چکیده

Fig. 1. (A) CT scan image. CT scan shows giant non-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm with neighbouring structures. Arrows indicate closed aortic valves. Ao: aorta, NC-SVA: non-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, LV: left ventricle, PA: pulmonary artery. (B) TEE image. Trans-oesophageal echocardiography shows aortic cusps level image of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. *Arrows show aortic cusps, **Arrows show tricuspid leaflet, RV: right ventricle, SVA: sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

دوره 37 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010