title: Bicuspid aortic valve with severe stenosis and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm to left ventricle.
abstract: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital cardiac anomaly, and rarely, it is associated with sinus of Valsalva aneurysms (SOVAs). And very infrequently, these SOVAs rupture into left side of heart. We hereby report a case of 12-year-old male with BAV with severe aortic stenosis with a large SOVA that ruptured into the left side of the heart. The anatomy was delineated with multimodality imaging; initially with two-dimensional trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE), and later on with three-dimensional TTE and with multi detector computed tomography. Operative interventions were planned for the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India. Electronic address: dr.ameta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ameta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Rajiv Bharat
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Kharwar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radio-diagnosis, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aga
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Rishi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Sharad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Sudhanshu Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Varun Shankar
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Narain
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Ram Kirti
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Saran
mesh_terms: D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Aneurysm; Bicuspid aortic valve; Echocardiography