A rare case of an extracardiac unruptured aneurysm of the sinus of valsalva in a patient with single coronary artery

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep;92(3):1113-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.114.

Abstract

A 75-year-old man with gastric cancer underwent preoperative cardiac examination by echocardiography, and an unruptured extracardiac aneurysm was detected in the right sinus of Valsalva. Coronary angiography by multidetector computed tomography demonstrated a single left coronary artery. Patch closure of the orifice of the aneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva was successfully performed for this extremely rare combination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm / complications
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sinus of Valsalva / diagnostic imaging
  • Sinus of Valsalva / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed