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Unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm mimicking as right atrial tumor
Author(s) -
Khanna Roopali,
Shah Pujan,
Dey Mousam,
Goel Pravin K.,
Goyal Puneet,
Pandey Shantanu
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.13550
Subject(s) - aneurysm , medicine , asymptomatic , thrombus , sinus (botany) , right atrium , radiology , cardiology , abnormality , coronary sinus , botany , psychiatry , biology , genus
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare congenital cardiac abnormality and is usually diagnosed when it ruptures. An asymptomatic 55‐year‐old male of unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm of noncoronary cusp was on medical follow‐up. At 2‐year follow‐up, there was thrombus formation in the aneurysm, mimicking right atrium tumor on 2D transthoracic echocardiography. Cardiac computed tomography showed filling defect in the aneurysm suggestive of thrombus. Considering the high risk of systemic emboli surgery was performed, and aneurysm was repaired with Dacron patch.