Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare cardiac disorder. It is more frequently a congenital, but it may also be an acquired condition. Takayasu's disease is an extremely rare cause of this disorder. Most cases of unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm are asymptomatic. Compression of the left coronary artery is an unusual manifestation of the disease that can cause angina, myocardial infarction or...

A hemodialysis patient presented with an abnormal CXR (Panel A) 13 years after coronary artery bypass grafting and a CT scan was performed (Panel B). Maximal-intensity-projection (Panel C) and 3D reconstructions (Panel D) revealed a large aneurysm, containing thrombus, arising from the vein graft to his right coronary artery (Fig. 1). Fig. 1. (A) Chest radiograph (PA) showing the abnormal right...

We present the case of successful resection of a giant aneurysm of the LAD presenting with recurrent severe haemoptysis in a 72-year old man. He was admitted to a regional hospital with fever, recurrent bloody sputum, weight loss and left sided chest pain, and developed respiratory failure requiring ventilation. Investigations are summarised and reviewed and the diagnosis was eventually reached...

Annular subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm was first reported in 1962. This type of aneurysm usually arises from the annular subaortic or submitral region of the left ventricle. It should be differentiated from the left ventricular false aneurysm, which was caused by myocardial necrosis. The etiology of subvalvular aneurysm remains unclear. We have presented a case of annular submitral left ...

To the Editor, Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited systemic vasculitis that occurs predominantly in children. It is diagnosed by using a clinical case definition that requires fever (≥5 days) together with 4 of 5 principal clinical criteria including changes in extremities, polymorphous exanthem, bilateral bulbar conjunctival injection without exudate, changes in lips and oral cavity, and c...

Giant sinus node artery aneurysms with a fistula into the left atrium are extremely rare. A 76-year old woman was admitted to our hospital for an abnormality on her chest X-ray. Coronary computed tomography (CT) angiogram revealed a giant coronary aneurysm with feeding arteries arising from the sinus node artery and the left circumflex artery. Additionally, the aneurysm had a fistula into the l...

A 38-year-old woman who had undergone an original Bentall operation in December 1995 for annuloaortic ectasia associated with ulcerative colitis required reoperation for ascending aortic aneurysm, coronary ostial aneurysm, and patent Cabrol trick. The initial Bentall operation included aortic root replacement using a valved conduit and reconstruction of the coronary arteries. Both coronary osti...

INTRODUCTION Aneurysms of the left main coronary artery are rare with an incidence of 0.1% in large angiographic series. The majority are atherosclerotic in origin. Other causes include connective tissue disorders, trauma, vasculitis, congenital, mycotic and idiopathic. The primary complication is myocardial ischemia or infarction, with rupture being rare. Treatment options include anticoagulat...

A patient who had endocarditis on a prosthetic aortic valve and who had undergone two aortic valvular replacements developed classic angina pectoris. Cardiac catheterization revealed an aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva, which constricted a proximal segment of the left circumflex coronary artery during systole. This type of dynamic coronary arterial narrowing has not been previously descri...

Two patients, an adult and a baby, with an aneurysm of the coronary sinus are described. This unusual anomaly was detected in the baby during angiographic investigations for congenital heart disease. The aneurysm was an unexpected postmortem finding in the adult. Although the adult died suddenly, there was no evidence that this could be linked to the presence of the aneurysm.