Right Valsalva Sinus Aneurysm Protruding Into the Right Ventricle: A Case Report. 2015

Ata H Afshar, and Sergei Kolesnikov, and Leili Pourafkari, and Nader D Nader
Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

A separation between the aortic media and annulus fibrosus causes a rare cardiac abnormality called sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) that may be congenital or acquired. It is more prevalent in the right coronary sinus (65%-85%) but it has been seen rarely in non-coronary (10%-30%) or Left coronary sinus (<5%). The most common complication is rupture of the Aneurysm. We present an 80-year-old male with expanding right Valsalva sinus aneurysm and protruding into right ventricle. The conventional treatment is surgical repair under cardio-pulmonary bypass or percutaneous catheter closure. The aneurysm was successfully excised surgically under direct guidance of trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE).

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