Extremely rare case of a rupture of the left sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into the main pulmonary artery

Authors

  • Virendra C. Patil, Harsha V. Patil, Sanjay Kshirsagar, Bhupal Pujari Author

Keywords:

Rupture into the main pulmonary artery, sinus of Valsalva, transthoracic echocardiography

Abstract

We describe a case of ruptured aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Valsalva diagnosed by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography. A very few cases with ruptured left sinus of Valsalva have been reported. We are reporting a rupture of the left sinus of Valsalva into the main pulmonary artery in a 40-year-old male diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. 

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Published

2011-03-12