Familial unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm obstructing the right ventricular outflow tract

A case demonstrating compression of the right ventricular outflow tract by an unruptured coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in which repair resulted in symptomatic improvement is presented. The pathology report revealed that the patient's younger brother had died from a ruptured aneurysm of th...

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Published inCanadian journal of cardiology Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 227 - 228
Main Authors Farand, Paul, MD, MSc, Brochu, Marie-Claude, MD, Gervais, André, MD, Mueller, Xavier, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 01.04.2009
Pulsus Group Inc
Subjects
Aged
Aneurysm
Aorta
Aortic Aneurysm - complications
Aortic Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm - genetics
Aortic Aneurysm - surgery
Aortic valve
Cardiovascular
Case Report
Congenital heart disease
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Radiography
Sinus of Valsalva
Valsalva
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - etiology
Aorta
Congenital heart disease
Aortic valve
Aneurysm
Valsalva
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Summary:A case demonstrating compression of the right ventricular outflow tract by an unruptured coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in which repair resulted in symptomatic improvement is presented. The pathology report revealed that the patient's younger brother had died from a ruptured aneurysm of the coronary sinus of Valsalva. The present report is the first to describe a familial unruptured coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm raising questions regarding the screening of relatives of patients with sinus of Valsalva aneurysms of unknown etiology.
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ISSN:0828-282X
1916-7075
DOI:10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70072-8