Trans-aortic repair of a sinus of valsalva aneurysm.
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms are rare and vary in their presentation and approach of surgical repair. We report on a case of isolated right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm that underwent successful excision and patch repair with individual sutures placed through the annulus of the aortic valve.
Kapetanakis
Emmanouil I
EI
First Division of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation Services, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. emmanouil_kapetanakis@yahoo.com
Ieromonachos
Constantinos
C
Stavridis
George
G
Antoniou
Theofani A
TA
Athanassopoulos
George
G
Cokkinos
Dennis V
DV
Alivizatos
Peter A
PA
D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography