ISSN : 1301-5680
e-ISSN : 2149-8156
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery     
Repair of an isolated right coronary sinus Valsalva aneurysm accompanied by mitral valve regurgitation and coronary artery disease: a case report
Gökhan Özerdem1, Ersin Sarıçam2, Başar Candemir3, Bülent Kaya2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Çağ Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Cardiology, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.174
Unruptured aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva is rare. In this article, we report the surgical treatment of a 68-year-old male patient with unruptured aneurysms of the right sinus of Valsalva, mitral regurgitation and coronary artery disease. The treatment of our case consisted of preservation of the aortic valve, replacement of isolated right sinus Valsalva with Dacron patch and reimplantation of the right coronary artery onto this patch. Aortic valve preserving technique can be preferred in cases involving one single sinus Valsalva and the aortic valve is not involved.
Keywords : Aneurysm sinus of Valsalva; coronary artery disease; mitral regurgitation
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