title: Aortic root remodeling and external aortic annuloplasty to treat sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in a patient with complete situs inversus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is an uncommon anomaly of the aorta. It occurs most frequently in the right sinus of Valsalva. Complications depend on its size and location. Situs inversus totalis is a rare condition wherein organs are reversed from their normal positions (mirror image).
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 69-year-old man who presented situs inversus totalis known since his childhood and a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in the right coronary sinus discovered by echocardiography following a history of infection. This was confirmed by CT-scan and MRI. Valve sparing surgery was performed using the remodeling technique associated with external aortic annuloplasty
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The remodeling technique with exteranl aortic annuloplasty is usual technique to treat SVA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dijon University Hospital, 14 rue Paul Gaffarel, 21079, Dijon cedex, France. pujos.charline-helyette@orange.fr.
authors.forename: Charline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pujos
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dijon University Hospital, 14 rue Paul Gaffarel, 21079, Dijon cedex, France. mcmorgant@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Marie-Catherine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morgant
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dijon University Hospital, 14 rue Paul Gaffarel, 21079, Dijon cedex, France. ghislain.malapert@chu-dijon.fr.
authors.forename: Ghislain
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malapert
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dijon University Hospital, 14 rue Paul Gaffarel, 21079, Dijon cedex, France. olivier.bouchot@chu-dijon.fr.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bouchot
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D058385:Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000601:surgery*; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*