title: Surgical treatment of ruptured aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva caused by Takayasu arteritis.
abstract: Takayasu arteritis is a chronic large-vessel vasculitis that is more frequently observed in young women. We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who required an operation for an aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva that ruptured into the left ventricle, for aortic regurgitation, and for left main coronary trunk stenosis. The patient had not been previously diagnosed with Takayasu arteritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan. kawamura@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akemi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yoshimori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed