Unruptured Congenital Aneurysm of the Left Sinus of Valsalva Presenting as Acute Right Ventricular Failure

A patient with unruptured congenital aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Valsalva presented with acute right-sided heart failure due to right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The mechanism for such an acute presentation may have been a sudden increase in the size of the aneurysm. The surgic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1992-02, Vol.101 (2), p.578-579
Hauptverfasser:	D'Silva, Stany A., Dalvi, Bharat V., Lokhandwala, Yash Y., Kale, Purushottam A., Tendolkar, Anil G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Aortic Aneurysm - complications Aortic Aneurysm - congenital Aortic Aneurysm - diagnosis Aortic Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava Critical Care Medicine General & Internal Medicine Heart Humans Life Sciences & Biomedicine Male Medical sciences Radiography Respiratory System Science & Technology Sinus of Valsalva - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - diagnosis Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A patient with unruptured congenital aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Valsalva presented with acute right-sided heart failure due to right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The mechanism for such an acute presentation may have been a sudden increase in the size of the aneurysm. The surgical importance of this lesion is the combined aortocameral approach which is seldom required for correction of such aneurysms.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.101.2.578