Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Apr 2022)

To Treat or Not to Treat? This Is the Question… About the Incidental Finding of Double Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in A 91-Year-Old Woman

  • Luca Di Marco,
  • Giuseppe Comentale,
  • Matteo Bruno,
  • Valerio Lanzillotti,
  • Mauro Colletta,
  • Vincenzo Russo,
  • Davide Pacini,
  • Gianni Casella

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2021-0403

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ABSTRACT Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a very uncommon clinical finding and often requires emergency surgery due to its high risk of rupture. This educational text reports the case of a 91-year-old Italian women who was incidentally discovered to have a huge double aneurysm of the sinuses of Valsalva.

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