Un-ruptured Non-Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with Complete Heart Block

Authors

  • Saba Hussain NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
  • Faisal Qadir NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
  • Pir Sheeraz NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
  • M. Asad Bilal Awan NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.336.13285

Keywords:

Sinus of Valsalva, Aortic aneurysm, Heart block, Echocardiography.

Abstract

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare cardiac anomaly with wide spectrum of clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic state to dreadful complications due to compression of vital surrounding structures or aortic dissection. There are only few reported cases of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm presented with cardiac arrhythmias including complete heart block. We herein, present a case of a 50 year male who presented with complete heart block. A large noncoronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm compressing the surrounding atrioventricular junctional tissue was detected incidentally during echocardiographic study, which was considered to be the cause of patient

Author Biographies

Saba Hussain, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

POST FELLOW IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

Faisal Qadir, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Pir Sheeraz, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

POST GRADUATE, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

M. Asad Bilal Awan, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CARDIAC SURGERY

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Published

2017-12-20

How to Cite

Hussain, S., Qadir, F., Sheeraz, P., & Awan, M. A. B. (2017). Un-ruptured Non-Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with Complete Heart Block. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 33(6). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.336.13285