An Unusual Case of Left Sinus of Valsalva Rupture Into Right Atrium

Zain Ul Abideen Asad, MD; David Huard, MD; Tarun W. Dasari, MD, MPH

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2019)

An Unusual Case of Left Sinus of Valsalva Rupture Into Right Atrium

Zain Ul Abideen Asad, MD,
David Huard, MD,
Tarun W. Dasari, MD, MPH

Affiliations

Zain Ul Abideen Asad, MD: Cardiovascular Disease Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Address for correspondence: Dr. Zain Ul Abideen Asad, Cardiovascular Disease Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Andrews Academic Tower Suite 5400, 800 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104.
David Huard, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tarun W. Dasari, MD, MPH: Cardiovascular Disease Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 246 – 248

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A 19-year-old college athlete presented with dyspnea and was found to have left sinus of Valsalva rupture into the right atrium on a transesophageal echocardiogram that was verified on coronary angiogram and computed tomography heart scan. The patient subsequently underwent surgical resection. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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