Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm

Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm

Formation of an aneurysm in the sinus of Valsalva of the aortic root is usually due to an area of congenital weakness in its wall. This aneurysm may progressively dilate and rupture into any of the cardiac chambers or into the pericardial cavity. Though this is conventionally treated by surgery, int...

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Main Authors: Choudhry, Lalit Kumar, Rao, Vinay M, Gnanamuthu, Birla Roy, Agrawal, Vishal, Shankar, Ravi, Prasath, Ram
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463237/
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spelling pubmed-44632372015-06-15 Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Choudhry, Lalit Kumar Rao, Vinay M Gnanamuthu, Birla Roy Agrawal, Vishal Shankar, Ravi Prasath, Ram Case Report Formation of an aneurysm in the sinus of Valsalva of the aortic root is usually due to an area of congenital weakness in its wall. This aneurysm may progressively dilate and rupture into any of the cardiac chambers or into the pericardial cavity. Though this is conventionally treated by surgery, interventional therapy using various closure devices is becoming more common. Embolization of these closure devices may occur. We report a case of embolization of such a device into the left pulmonary artery which during surgical retrieval, unmasked the hidden ventricular septal defect (VSD). Therefore one has to be cautious while making a diagnosis of rupture of the sinus of Valsalva of right coronary sinus without VSD. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015-06 2015-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4463237/ /pubmed/26078928 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.3.202 Text en Copyright © 2015 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Choudhry, Lalit Kumar
Rao, Vinay M
Gnanamuthu, Birla Roy
Agrawal, Vishal
Shankar, Ravi
Prasath, Ram
spellingShingle Choudhry, Lalit Kumar
Rao, Vinay M
Gnanamuthu, Birla Roy
Agrawal, Vishal
Shankar, Ravi
Prasath, Ram
Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
author_facet Choudhry, Lalit Kumar
Rao, Vinay M
Gnanamuthu, Birla Roy
Agrawal, Vishal
Shankar, Ravi
Prasath, Ram
author_sort Choudhry, Lalit Kumar
title Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
title_short Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
title_full Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
title_fullStr Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
title_full_unstemmed Embolization of the Device to the Left Pulmonary Artery after the Interventional Closure of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
title_sort embolization of the device to the left pulmonary artery after the interventional closure of ruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm
description Formation of an aneurysm in the sinus of Valsalva of the aortic root is usually due to an area of congenital weakness in its wall. This aneurysm may progressively dilate and rupture into any of the cardiac chambers or into the pericardial cavity. Though this is conventionally treated by surgery, interventional therapy using various closure devices is becoming more common. Embolization of these closure devices may occur. We report a case of embolization of such a device into the left pulmonary artery which during surgical retrieval, unmasked the hidden ventricular septal defect (VSD). Therefore one has to be cautious while making a diagnosis of rupture of the sinus of Valsalva of right coronary sinus without VSD.
publisher The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463237/
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