Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Repair | Zendy

Cheng Allen | Zendy; Thomas Joan | Zendy; Vermilion Roger P. | Zendy; Alfieris George M. | Zendy; Hicks George L. | Zendy

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Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Repair

Author(s) -

Cheng Allen,

Thomas Joan,

Vermilion Roger P.,

Alfieris George M.,

Hicks George L.

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of cardiac surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1540-8191

pISSN - 0886-0440

DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12219

Subject(s) - medicine , sinus (botany) , ventricular outflow tract , aneurysm , outflow , cardiology , surgery , botany , biology , genus , physics , meteorology

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare cardiac lesion especially in the western countries and older population. We report an unusual case of a 60‐year‐old Caucasian male with SVA, acute decompensation, and a pressurized prolapsed aortic leaflet cystic remnant via a small supracristal VSD causing recurrent right ventricular outflow tract obstruction following a Bentall procedure. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12219 (J Card Surg 2014;29:317–319)

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