Association of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and congenital ventricular septal defect: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (RSOVA) is rare, and it is more common in Asians. Typically, the patient presents with acute/subacute shortness of breath (SOB) and chest pain. Echocardiography is the gold standard for diagnosis in most of these cases. Surgery has remained the first line of management.

Case summary

We present two cases of RSOVA in which the patients presented to the emergency department with SOB. Their preoperative echocardiography results showed RSOVA into the right ventricle. During surgical repair, ventricular septal defect (VSD) was also found.

Discussion

RSOVA is frequently associated with other congenital anomalies, and most often with VSD. In our cases, we believe that VSDs were missed preoperatively because either the large aneur

SUBMITTER: Sarhan HHT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453398 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature