Percutaneous management of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in an infant

Andreia Palma; Patrícia V Silva; António Pires

doi:10.1017/S1047951121000652

Percutaneous management of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in an infant

Cardiol Young. 2021 Aug;31(8):1363-1365. doi: 10.1017/S1047951121000652. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Authors

Andreia Palma¹, Patrícia V Silva¹, António Pires¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Referral Centre for Congenital Cardiac Defects, CHUC, Coimbra, Portugal.

PMID: 33650481
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121000652

Abstract

Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare entity in children. To our knowledge, this is the youngest child reported in the literature with a sinus of Valsalva ruptured aneurysm being successfully treated percutaneously using an AmplatzerTM Duct Occluder II Additional Sizes device.

Keywords: ADO II AS; Congenital defects; Percutaneous; Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm* / surgery
Aortic Rupture* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Rupture* / surgery
Child
Humans
Infant
Sinus of Valsalva* / diagnostic imaging
Sinus of Valsalva* / surgery