title: Unruptured and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms in two cases.
abstract: Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms (SVA) are relatively rare lesions with a variable clinical presentation. We presented two patients, one of whom (male, aged 96 years) had an unruptured asymptomatic right SVA without a left-to-right shunt to the right ventricle, and the other (male, aged 33 years) a fistula from the right sinus of Valsalva to the right atrium due to nonpenetrating thoracic trauma. The diagnosis was made by echocardiography in both cases. The elderly patient was followed-up with medical therapy for a year without any complications. The younger patient had complaints of progressive exertional dyspnea and fatigue following blunt substernal and thoracic trauma. He underwent successful surgical repair of the SVA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medicine Faculty of Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey. rdemirbag@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Demirbağ
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Remzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cengiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography