[Rupture of the sinus of Valsalva--the anesthesiological and resuscitation problems]

The rupture of the sinus of Valsalva is a rare heart disease with a heavy clinical manifestation, the treatment of which is surgical. It is diagnosed with echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation. The anesthesiologist has to answer many and important questions about anesthetic treatment. There is a little information is the literature on the anesthetic consideration of the patients with a ruptured sinus of Valsalva. On the basis of the results in our hospital the authors want to present the clinical treatment and management of these patients in the perioperative period and to compare these results with other cases like these in world literature.