%0 Journal Article
%T Compression of left ventricle by a rare giant unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
%A Hong Qian
%A Qin Ouyang
%A Wei Meng
%A Yajiao Li
%J Archive of "Anatolian Journal of Cardiology".
%D 2016
%R 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6904
%X A 60-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted with exertional dyspnea. She was a non-smoker and -drinker. Physical examination was insignificant, except for a soft early diastolic murmur. Further examination was performed. Blood tests and electrocardiogram were normal. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a giant unruptured left sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) with spontaneous echo contrast, which severely compressed the left ventricle (Fig. 1, arrow, Video 1, 2). The 64-multidetector computed tomography angiogram with iodinated contrast injection was used to demonstrate the giant aneurysm with a maximal diameter of 8.7 cm, and the left main coronary artery was not involved (Fig. 2)
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336745/