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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Giant unruptured noncoronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm with ascending aorta dissection

Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

Received 19 January 2009; received in revised form 3 March 2009; accepted 9 March 2009.

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Key Words: Aortic aneurysm • Sinus of Valsalva • Aortic dissection • Echocardiography

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A 48-year-old woman was admitted with dyspnea. Echocardiography showed noncoronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (4.5 cm x 5.1 cm) compressing the left atrium. A flap-like appearance was visualized in this unruptured aneurysm (Fig. 1 , Videos 1 . . . [Full Text of this Article]