title: Left valsalva sinus aneurysm rupture into left atrium and aortic valve prolapse confirmed with transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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>
authors.forename: Seong-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hae-Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Sun-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Jae-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Yookyung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: 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*