title: Congenital aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva with an aortopulmonary tunnel.
abstract: Aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva is rare, and there is only one previous report of rupture into the pulmonary artery. This report describes a patient with valvular pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect in whom a portion of his pulmonary blood flow was supplied by an aortopulmonary tunnel arising from a left sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. The surgical implications of precise definition of the type of aortopulmonary communication are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities*