TY - JOUR
AR - JICOA-2020-3-110
TI - Repair of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: Rare Cause of Acute Onset Congestive Heart Failure in Down’s Syndrome
AU - Alejandro , E. Contreras
AU - Alejandro , R. Peirone
AU - Ignacio, Juaneda
JO - Journal of Integrative Cardiology Open Access
PY - 2020
DA - Mon 22, Jun 2020
SN - 2674-2489
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JICOA.2020.03.10
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/repair-of-ruptured-sinus-of-valsalva-aneurysm-rare-cause-of_JICOA-2020-3-110 
KW - Congenital heart disease, Aneurysm, heart failure, congenital heart surgery
AB - A 20-year-old boy with Down´s syndrome presented to the emergency department with new onset acute
heart failure. Right side chest effusion and cardiomegaly was observed on chest x-ray. A mobile aneurysmal
sac protruding into the right atrium was detected and a ruptured aneurysm of the right coronary sinus of
Valsalva was observed in transthoracic echocardiogram. Cardiac angiography catheterization confirmed the
diagnosis. Surgical repair consisting of aneurysm resection and defect closure was performed shortly after
with pericardium reinforced suture through the right atrium. The patient was discharged uneventfully.