Left valsalva sinus aneurysm rupture into left atrium and aortic valve prolapse confirmed with transesophageal echocardiography.
We report a very rare case of left Valsalva sinus aneurysm rupture into left atrium in a 55-year-old man with severe aortic regurgitation caused by aortic valve prolapse. The Valsalva sinus aneurysm rupture was clearly visualized with transesophageal echocardiography performed to further delineate the aortic valve pathology. The 3-dimensional reconstruction of multislice computed tomography images nicely visualized the left Valsalva sinus aneurysm.
Park
Seong-Hoon
SH
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Modong Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. pseongh@ewha.ac.kr <pseongh@ewha.ac.kr>
Jung
Hae-Sun
HS
Yu
Mina
M
Min
Sun-Kyung
SK
Ahn
Jae-Ho
JH
Kim
Yookyung
Y
D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001023:Aortic Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*