title: [Successful repair of isolated extracardiac unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm; report of a case].
abstract: We report a case of isolated, unruptured extracardiac aneurysm of the right coronary sinus of Valsalva. The aneurysm was detected incidentally in a 75-years-old woman during the treatment of angina pectoris. A 30×35 mm sized aneurysm was located in the right sinus of Valsalva with extracardiac protrusion. It was repaired by obliterating its orifice with an autologous pericardial patch reinforced by a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) patch. Early surgical repair should be a treatment of choice for this entity to prevent catastrophic event.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan.
authors: Hirotaka
authors: H
authors: Sato
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Kawahito
authors: Arata
authors: A
authors: Muraoka
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Misawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva