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- Title
Surgical treatment of a giant unruptured aneurysm of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva: a case report.
- Authors
Prifti, Edvin; Ademaj, Fadil; Baboci, Arben; Nuellari, Edmond; Demiraj, Aurel; Thereska, Dariel
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>A sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare cardiac anomaly which may be acquired or congenital. The main associated symptoms are conduction disturbances, myocardial ischemia, and syncopes.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>In this report we describe a 52-year-old Albanian woman from Kosovo with an unruptured aneurysm of 74×60 mm of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva presenting dyspnea, jugular distension, and tachycardia due to cardiac compression. She underwent successful closure of the orifice and sinus remodeling with a Dacron patch.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>To the best of our knowledge this is the largest reported isolated unruptured aneurysm of the coronary sinus causing severe compression of the cardiac chambers undergoing successful surgical correction.
- Subjects
KOSOVO (Republic); ANEURYSM surgery; CORONARY disease; TACHYCARDIA; ANEURYSMS; AORTIC aneurysm diagnosis; POLYESTERS; AORTIC aneurysms; COMPUTED tomography; DYSPNEA; CARDIAC surgery; PROSTHETICS; TREATMENT effectiveness; SINUS of valsalva; SURGERY; EQUIPMENT &; supplies; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2016, Vol 10, p1
- ISSN
1752-1947
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s13256-016-1040-2