title: [Rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in the left atrium].
abstract: Ruptures of sinus of Valsalva aneurysms are a rare complication, and very few cases of rupture in the left atrium have been described. In this clinical case we report the case of a patient hospitalised with a scenario of cardiac insufficiency revealing a very large posterior sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, associated with a bicuspid aortic valve, and rupture in the left atrium. The diagnosis was by transthoracic and transoesophageal multiplan echocardiography, and the treatment surgical, with a good result.
authors.affiliation: Centre cardiologique du Nord, 32-36, rue des Moulins Gémeaux, 93200 Saint-Denis.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Porte
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laperche
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nataf
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alattar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aeberhard
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Royer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006325:Heart Atria; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome