Unruptured congenital aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva presenting as acute right ventricular failure.
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.
D'Silva
S A
SA
Department of Cardiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
Dalvi
B V
BV
Lokhandwala
Y Y
YY
Kale
P A
PA
Tendolkar
A G
AG
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*