title: Retrograde approach for closure of ruptured sinus of Valsalva.
abstract: Though ruptured sinuses of Valsalva have been traditionally managed surgically, they are amenable to transcatheter closure. Various devices have been used for closure of these defects. We describe a novel technique of closure of a ruptured right sinus of Valsalva into the right ventricular outflow tract. A muscular ventricular septal defect occluder was deployed retrogradely, without resorting to the usual antegrade technique involving formation of an arteriovenous loop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, India 560 069. jayranganath@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jayaranganath
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.forename: Cholenahally Nanjappa
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Manjunath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D016896:Treatment Outcome