Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2019; 47(6): 498-502 | DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2018.80170
Percutaneous transcatheter closure of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
Hasan Arı, Sencer Çamcı, Selma Arı, Mustafa Kınık, Mehmet Melek
Department of Cardiology, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms are rare congenital anomalies. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm rupture, leads to biventricular failure due to systemic to pulmonary shunting. Surgical repair has been the traditional treatment for these aneurysms. Recently, percutaneous treatment has been successfully performed to selected patients. We present a 36-year-old man who had ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, that was successfully treated with using a catheter-based approach with the patent ductus arteriosus occluder device.
Keywords: Patent ductus arteriosus occluder, ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm; transcatheter closure.
How to cite this article
Hasan Arı, Sencer Çamcı, Selma Arı, Mustafa Kınık, Mehmet Melek. Percutaneous transcatheter closure of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2019; 47(6): 498-502
Corresponding Author: Hasan Arı, Türkiye