PMID: 6412654Jul 1, 1983Paper

Aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva. Characteristics apropos of 6 surgically treated cases

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
D MétrasJ Chauvet

Abstract

The authors report 6 cases of aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva. Two cases only presented with the classical aspect of wind-sock ruptured in a cardiac chamber. In these two cases there were associated cardiac malformations. The others were not ruptured and had very peculiar features: heavy calcifications in 2 cases, association to a ventricular septal defect, aortic insufficiency and bacterial endocarditis in 1 case, septal extension with complete heart block and aortic insufficiency in 1 case, association to an annular sub-valvular mitral aneurysm of the left ventricle with mitral insufficiency in 1 case. All patients were operated with cardio-pulmonary by-pass: closure of the orifice of the aneurysm by a trans-aortic approach, aortic valvular replacement (2), aortic valvuloplasty (1), mitral valve replacement (1), left ventricular aneurysm closure (1), pacemaker insertion (1) were done. One patient died in the post-operative period (association with left ventricular aneurysm). The authors discuss different original aspects of these patients: surgical technique, various associations, calcifications, double aneurysm: ventricular and aortic.

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