Echocardiographic features of an unruptured aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva.
A 2-cm aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva was documented in a patient with a prosthetic aortic valve. The M-mode findings differed from prior reports and mimicked those of aortic root dissection or a catheter placed in the right ventricular outflow tract. Two-dimensional echocardiograms readily distinguished the aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva from the alternative possibilities.
D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva