title: Intracardiac shunting of ruptured Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in a patient presented with acute myocardial infarction: role of 64-slice MDCT.
abstract: Rupture of Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) may be either congenital or acquired. This report describes a case of intracardiac shunting of a ruptured SVA of atherosclerotic origin to the right atrium, presenting with acute myocardial infarction. The sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and the intracardiac shunt track into the right atrium was not defined by the two-dimensional echocardiography could be seen by 64-slice multi detector computed tomography (MDCT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, 3050, Qatar. daskmoy@gmail.com
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Ayman A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: El-Menyar
authors.forename: Salah E O
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Arafa
authors.forename: Jassim Al
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Suwaidi
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology