Unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve with aortic cusp perforation: detection by color flow Doppler mapping.
Congestive heart failure developed in a 53-year-old man with a history of bicuspid aortic valve, angina, and pericarditis. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm related to the anterior coronary sinus and color flow mapping identified a perforation of the anterior aortic cusp. These findings were confirmed during surgery.
Humphreys
J D
JD
Department of Cardiology, Hospital Britanico, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ballerio
F O
FO
Davolos
D G
DG
D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva