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:10.21470/1678-9741-2021-0403

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

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 May 2;37(2):268-270. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2021-0403.

Authors

Luca Di Marco¹, Giuseppe Comentale¹, Matteo Bruno², Valerio Lanzillotti², Mauro Colletta², Vincenzo Russo¹, Davide Pacini¹, Gianni Casella²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Division of Cardiology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

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.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Coronary Artery; Valsalva Sinus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Aneurysm* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm* / surgery
Female
Humans
Incidental Findings
Sinus of Valsalva* / diagnostic imaging
Sinus of Valsalva* / surgery