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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Right sinus of valsalva aneurysm with rupture into the interventricular septum and into the left ventricle
Humberto Morais, Telmo Martins
Department of Cardiology, Principal Military Hospital/Superior Institute, Luanda, República de Angola
| Date of Web Publication | 4-Sep-2015 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Humberto Morais
Rua Pedro Miranda 40-42, Maianga, Luanda
República de Angola
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DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.164469
How to cite this article:
Morais H, Martins T. Right sinus of valsalva aneurysm with rupture into the interventricular septum and into the left ventricle. Heart Views 2015;16:114-5 |
How to cite this URL:
Morais H, Martins T. Right sinus of valsalva aneurysm with rupture into the interventricular septum and into the left ventricle. Heart Views [serial online] 2015 [cited 2023 Sep 27];16:114-5. Available from: https://www.heartviews.org/text.asp?2015/16/3/114/164469 |
A 16-year-old black boy presented with complaints of shortness of breath, dyspnea at rest during the last month. Examination revealed a wide pulse pressure and a continuous murmur across the precordium. The transesophageal echocardiogram showed a ruptured aneurysm of the right sinus of valsalva. The sinus rupture dissected into the interventricular septum [Figure 1], [blue arrow] and then into the left ventricular cavity [Figure 2], [white arrow]. The patient underwent surgical correction of the defect successfully.  | Figure 1: Transesophageal echocardiography showing rupture of the right sinus of valsalva into the interventricular septum
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 | Figure 2: Transesophageal echocardiography showing rupture of right sinus of valsalva into the intenventricular septum and into the left ventricle
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Aneurysm of the sinus of valsalva account for only 1% of congenital cardiac anomalies. Of this aneurysm, 70% arise from the right sinus of valsalva. Most of the remainder arises from the noncoronary sinus and <5% from the left coronary sinus. Unlike others populations, in Africa, the rupture into the interventricular septum is the most frequent complication of these aneurysms,[1] followed by rupture into the right chambers. However, the simultaneous rupture of sinus of valsalva aneurysm into the interventricular septum and the left ventricle is an extremely rare heart condition.
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| 1. | Morais H, Cáceres-Lóriga FM, Martins T, Vanduném G, Cunha R. Unruptured congenital aneurysm of the sinus of valsalva in an African population: A six-year experience at an echocardiography laboratory. Cardiovasc J Afr 2009;20:192-5.  |
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