Open AccessRupture of sinus of valsalva aneurysm into left atrium in a patient who is a candidate for hepatic transplantation
Author(s) -
Veysel Tosun,
Necmettin Korucuk,
Ünal Güntekin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_8_18
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , infective endocarditis , cardiology , aneurysm , complication , endocarditis , transplantation , sinus (botany) , surgery , transesophageal echocardiogram , heart transplantation , heart failure , botany , biology , genus
Sinus of valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare cardiac disease. The most common complication of SVA is rupture into the right atrium or right ventricle. Rupture into the left chambers is very rare. Patients with ruptured SVA are likely to die of heart failure or endocarditis. We present a 29-year-old man who was hospitalized for hepatic transplantation with rupture of SVA. Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography showed rupture of a noncoronary SVA into the left atrium. Mitral valve infective endocarditis developed and surgery was planned for the patient, but the patient died due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.