Rupture of Sinus of Valsalva – A 15 Years Single Institutional Retrospective Review: Preoperative Heart Failure has an Impact on Post Operative Outcome?

We reviewed our experience with ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms (RSOV) to determine a correlation with preexisting heart failure (HF) and coexisting cardiac lesions (aortic regurgitation [AR] and ventricular septal defect [VSD]) to postoperative left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and postoperative outcomes