title: Unruptured congenital aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva presenting as acute right ventricular failure.
abstract: A patient with unruptured congenital aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Valsalva presented with acute right-sided heart failure due to right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The mechanism for such an acute presentation may have been a sudden increase in the size of the aneurysm. The surgical importance of this lesion is the combined aortocameral approach which is seldom required for correction of such aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: D'Silva
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Dalvi
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lokhandwala
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tendolkar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*