title: Aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva causing severe mitral regurgitation.
abstract: A 24-year-old male presented with exertional dyspnoea of one year's duration. Echocardiography revealed an unruptured aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva distorting the mitral valvar apparatus and producing severe regurgitation in the absence of myocardial ischemia or infarction. We propose an alternate mechanism for the mitral regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva