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...

Congenital aneurysm of the aortic sinus, with or without rupture, is a rare occurrence. Sawyers, Adams, and Scott (1957) found only 47 cases in the literature, of which 37 had ruptured. Since surgical repair has become possible, interest has quickened and a further 35 cases have since been described (Johnson, 1957; Cooley, 1957; Bosher, 1957; Lillehei, Stanley, and Varco, 1957; Husfeldt and Dav...

1. Anomalies of origination and course • Absent left main trunk, • Anomalous location of coronary ostium within aortic root or near proper aortic sinus of Valsalva (for each artery) • Anomalous location of coronary ostium outside normal "coronary" aortic sinuses • Anomalous location of coronary ostium at improper sinus (which may involve joint origination or "single" coronary pattern) • Single ...

A case of congenital aneurysm of the pulmonary sinus (sinus of Valsalva) in a 7-year-old child is described. The child met a traumatic death and manifested no symptoms or definite signs of his valvular defect. The heart was of normal weight, and no other abnormalities of the heart or other organs were present. This is the first report of sinus aneurysm of the pulmonary valve. The pathogenetic i...

We report a rare case of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm of both right and left coronary sinus (LCS), with perforation of the LCS opening into the left ventricle. The LCS aneurysm with its perforation was undiagnosed on transthoracic echocardiography emphasizing the role of transesophageal echocardiography in delineating the anatomy.

A case of congenital aneurysm of the pulmonary sinus (sinus of Valsalva) in a 7-year-old child is described. The child met a traumatic death and manifested no symptoms or definite signs of his valvular defect. The heart was of normal weight, and no other abnormalities of the heart or other organs were present. This is the first report of sinus aneurysm of the pulmonary valve. The pathogenetic i...

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) demonstrated a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) with severe dilatation of the right coronary sinus in association with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and sub-aortic membrane. The SVA had not been apparent on echocardiography as the dilatation was outside standard echo image planes. On both CMR and echo, blood flow was eccentrically directed int...

The sinus of Valsalva presents the initial segment aorta from where coronary vessels arise. Sinus aneurysms (SOVAs) present as progressive dilatation aortic sinus. SOVA arises both congenital and acquired weakness elastic lamina media. Though most SOVAs are asymptomatic diagnosed on screening for other pathologies, patients can with symptoms arrhythmia, insufficiency, aorto-cardiac fistulas, an...