[Percutaneous closure of a ruptured right coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm]

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2012 Sep;40(5):447-50. doi: 10.5505/tkda.2012.67026.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare disease that is mostly congenital in origin. The rupture of a SVA may occur and can eventually lead to death unless definite surgical treatment occurs. In this article, a ruptured and percutaneously treated SVA in a subject who underwent two consecutive corrective open cardiac surgeries due to a congenital heart disease was examined. An 18-year-old male was referred because of the complaint of dyspnea and fatigue. He underwent a complete repair of tetrology of Fallot before and a redo-repair of residual VSD three years before. A ruptured SVA was detected by transthoracic echocardiography and aortography. Percutaneous closure was successful by an Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder. Percutaneous treatment of a ruptured SVA may be an alternative technique to surgery in selected cases.

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
  • Aortic Rupture* / surgery
  • Aortography
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Humans
  • Septal Occluder Device
  • Sinus of Valsalva* / surgery