[Congenital aneurysm of the aortic sinus of Valsalva]

In a 25-years-old man following a virus of short duration, cardiac dyspnea developed and within ten days following the onset of the disease, the patient died with manifestations of heart failure. A congenital aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva was found at the post-mortem accompanied by a double perforation into the right atrium. In accordance with the literature, this finding is considered to be rather rare. The malformation was associated with a fenestration of the aortic and the pulmonary valves.