title: Congenital sinus of valsalva aneurysm dissecting into the interventricular septum with left ventricular communication.
abstract: In this report we describe a case of a right coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm dissecting into the interventricular septum with spontaneous rupture into the left ventricle. Sufficient information was provided by echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, and aortography to confirm the diagnosis. Surgical findings were in complete accordance with cross-sectional and color flow Doppler imaging by transthoracic and transesophageal approaches.
authors.affiliation: Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Kadyköy-Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Basaran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Degertekin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balkanay
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dindar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yakut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001027:Aortography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*