Multiple unruptured aortic sinus of Valsalva aneurysms: A rare presentation | Zendy

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Multiple unruptured aortic sinus of Valsalva aneurysms: A rare presentation

Author(s) -

Chigurupati Keerthi,

Kumaresan Balaji,

Gadhinglajkar Shrinivas,

Sreedhar Rupa

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404

H-Index - 62

eISSN - 1540-8175

pISSN - 0742-2822

DOI - 10.1111/echo.13423

Subject(s) - medicine , sinus (botany) , presentation (obstetrics) , cardiology , aortic sinus , aneurysm , radiology , surgery , aorta , botany , biology , genus

Aneurysms of sinus of Valsalva, usually a rare presentation, account for 0.1%–3.5% of congenital heart defects. They rarely present unless rupture occurs. There are very few cases of unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms that presented with myocardial ischemia, symptomatic cardiac dysfunction, and conduction abnormalities. We present a case of multiple unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms with particular emphasis on the transesophageal echocardiography.

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