Percutaneous Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a Child Using a Patent Ductus Arteriosus Device

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2023 Jan;14(1):90-92. doi: 10.1177/21501351221127281. Epub 2022 Oct 19.

Abstract

Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is rare, although if left untreated, potentially fatal disease. Surgical approach has been the main treatment in most series; nevertheless, percutaneous closure has been described in selected cases. We report a 5-year-old boy presenting with rapid clinical deterioration who underwent percutaneous closure using a patent ductus arteriosus device, with the resolution of symptoms. Descriptions of this technique being utilized in children are infrequent in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Rupture* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Rupture* / surgery
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Septal Occluder Device*
  • Sinus of Valsalva* / diagnostic imaging
  • Sinus of Valsalva* / surgery