title: An unruptured aneurysm in the right sinus of Valsalva presenting as coronary insufficiency.
abstract: A giant aneurysm in the right sinus of Valsalva compressed the right coronary artery and caused angina pectoris in a 44-year-old man. Surgical correction consisted of obliterating the orifice of the aneurysm with a Dacron patch and relocating the right coronary artery. Postoperative angiography demonstrated excellent results. Pathological study demonstrated the absence of normal elastic fibers in the media of the aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva