An unusual cause for unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm

Ponnusamy Shunmuga Sundaram*, Gadage Siddharth Narayan, Mukund A. Prabhu, Sasidharan Bijulal, G. Sanjay, K. K. Narayanan Namboodiri, T. R. Kapilamoorthy, Jaganmohan A. Tharakan

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Abstract

Sinus of valsalva aneurysm is considered to be one of the rarest complications of inflammatory aortitis. Herewith, we are reporting a young male patient who presented to us with severe aortic regurgitation. On evaluation, he was found to have unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm. CT angiography and magnetic resonance imaging have shown value in the diagnosis of sinus of valsalva aneurysm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)484-487
Number of pages4
JournalIndian Heart Journal
Volume65
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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