REPAIR OF A RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM - ASSOCIATED WITH ANNULOAORTIC ECTASIA AND COARCTATION OF THE AORTA IN A PATIENT WITH MARFAN-SYNDROME

Authors
TESLER UF FIORILLI R LISANTI P
Citation
Uf. Tesler et al., REPAIR OF A RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM - ASSOCIATED WITH ANNULOAORTIC ECTASIA AND COARCTATION OF THE AORTA IN A PATIENT WITH MARFAN-SYNDROME, Texas Heart Institute journal, 24(2), 1997, pp. 134-138
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Texas Heart Institute journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
07302347
Volume
24
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
134 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0730-2347(1997)24:2<134:ROARSO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report the case of a 16-year-old boy with Marfan syndrome who prese nted in severe congestive heart failure secondary to rupture of an ane urysm of the sinus of Valsalva into the right atrium, a condition that was aggravated by coarctation of the aorta. The patient also had a la rge aneurysm of the ascending aorta with the characteristics of annulo aortic ectasia. The patient underwent successful surgical correction a nd is asymptomatic 3 years after the repair.