BACKGROUND Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare cardiac anomaly and long-term survival after surgical treatment is not well established. This study was designed to investigate the determinants of long-term survival after repair of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. METHODS From April 1978 to April 1996, 53 patients underwent operation for ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. The in...

We report a 27 years old male who presented with a combination of both congenital and acquired cardiac defects. This syndrome complex includes congenital bicuspid aortic valve, Seller's grade II aortic regurgitation, juxta- subclavian coarctation, stenosis of ostium of left subclavian artery and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm without any evidence of infective endocarditis. This type of con...

RATIONALE Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is rare and dangerous in parturients. Few cases of ruptured SVA in pregnancy are reported, and the anesthetic management for cesarean delivery has scarcely been described. PATIENT CONCERNS A parturient at 37-week gestation complained of a sore throat and cough that started 3 days before admission, followed 1 day later by fever, dizziness, breathle...

A 52-year-old man with sudden onset of dyspnea was transferred to our hospital. Transthoracic echocardiography showed an intimal flap ranged from sinus of Valsalva to sinotubular junction, with heterogenous hypoechoic materials within the flap (Fig. 1), and it caused severe aortic regurgitation. Computed tomography scan showed linear dissection flap and aneurysmal dilatation in the sinus of Val...

We report the case of a 42-year-old female referred to our institution for an incidental diagnosis of an aortic aneurysm. Multislice 64-CT angiography showed a giant aneurysm of the Valsalva sinus, which extended to all three coronary arteries, and multiple aneurysms along the entire length of the coronaryarteries (Panels A–C ). The Valsalva sinus aneurysm was eccentric, more pronounced near th...

Both coronary arteries arising as a single or double vessel from the same sinus of Valsalva has been considered a minor congenital anomaly not affecting longevity. There are rare case reports in the literature of sudden death in young males with this anomaly of coronary origin. We have reviewed 51 such cases from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology congenital heart disease accessions. There...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is associated with vascular aneurysms that can affect any part of the vascular tree, like ascending aorta or coronary arteries. Sinus of Valsalva is known as an anatomical dilation at the root of aorta above the aortic valve and very few cases show aneurysm at that site in patients with ADPKD. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) can present with...