• 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, P. R. China;
  • 2. Function Test Department of Heart Center, General hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750000, P. R. China;
LUOXin-jin, Email: luoxinjin@yahoo.com
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Objective To summarize surgical treatment experience on unruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva (SVA). Methods Clinical data of 33 patients with unruptured SVA underwent surgical repair at Fu wai Hospital between February 2007 and January 2012 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 27 males and 6 females with their mean age of 28.5±13.5 years (ranged from 4.5 to 58.0 years). The unruptured SVA originated in the right coronary sinus in 29 cases (87.8%), in non-coronary in 2 cases (6.1%) and in left coronary sinus in 2 cases (6.1%). There were 29 cases with ventricular septal defect and 20 cases with aortic valve insufficiency (AI). Results Only 52.8% of unruptured SVA were correctly diagnosed by echocardiography preoperatively. All unruptured SVA received active surgical management, with no early death after operation. Thirty patients (90.9%) were followed up for 22 to 81 months (mean 42.9±18.8 months) and in NYHA classⅠorⅡ. None SVA recurrence occurred. Postoperative AI could be improved better by using the repair route only through the chamber of right ventricle for patients with unruptured SVA originated in right coronary sinus. Conclusion For unruptured SVA patients who associated with other kinds of cardiovascular lesions, active surgical repair for unruptured SVA can achieve satisfactory results.

Citation: LUOXin-jin, WANGShu-xia, QIUJun-tao, WANGWei. Surgical Treatment for Unruptured Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015, 22(3): 211-214. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20150060 Copy

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