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Unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve with aortic cusp perforation: detection by color flow
J D Humphreys1, F O Ballerio, D G Davolos
1Department of Cardiology, Hospital Britanico, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
Congestive heart failure developed in a 53-year-old man with a history of bicuspid aortic valve, angina, and pericarditis. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm related to the anterior coronary sinus and color flow mapping identified a perforation of the anterior aortic cusp. These findings were confirmed during surgery.