Acute rupture of a congenital sinus of Valsalva aneurysm after severe exercise.
Ruptured aneurysms of the sinus of Valsalva may cause manifestations of prompt onset. A 22-year-old man with no previous cardiac complaints presented with dyspnea, palpitation, fatigue, and shortness of breath, all of which occurred after a football match. Transthoracic echocardiography showed an aneurysmal dilatation of the right sinus of Valsalva to the direction of the right ventricle. Color Doppler imaging showed a marked left-to-right turbulent flow from the aortic root to the right ventricle. Continuous Doppler imaging also revealed a continuous left-to-right systolodiastolic shunting. The patient was submitted to cardiovascular surgery for surgical repair.
Tuncer
Mustafa
M
Department of Cardiology, Medicine Faculty of Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
Eryonucu
Beyhan
B
Güntekin
Unal
U
Gümrükçüoğlu
Hasan Ali
HA
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015444:Exercise; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography