Unruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva: a potential source of cerebrovascular embolism.
An unruptured aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva with intraluminal thrombus that displaced the right coronary artery ostium was diagnosed in a 30 year old Omani man who was investigated for uncontrolled grand mal epilepsy and residual left hemiparesis caused by occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery. Surgical intra-aortic closure of the aneurysm, which necessitated a saphenous vein graft to the right coronary artery, was successful. An aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva is an unusual cause of a thromboembolic cerebrovascular accident.
Shahrabani
R M
RM
Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Jairaj
P S
PS
D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed