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Case Reports
. 2023 Nov 9;7(11):ytad559.
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad559. eCollection 2023 Nov.

A tongue-like Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with a pin-hole

Satoshi Hata  1 , Masaoki Miyamoto  1 , Yasushi Okumoto  1 , Keizo Kimura  1
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A tongue-like Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with a pin-hole

Satoshi Hata et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
(A and B) Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated the severe calcified right coronary cusp (arrowhead) and moderate aortic regurgitation. The diameter at the level of the sinus of Valsalva was 36 mm. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography axial view (C) and left anterior oblique view (D) showing the deformed right coronary cusp reached the right ventricular outflow tract. (E) Aortography demonstrated the deformed right coronary cusp with a shunt flow to the right ventricular outflow tract (arrowhead). (F) The aortic valve was a tricuspid, and the right coronary cusp was enlarged and calcified and had limited mobility. (G) The right coronary cusp was deformed, lodged into the ventricular septum, and reached the right ventricular outflow tract. (H) The resected right coronary cusp shows a pin-hole (arrowhead). RCC, right coronary cusp; LCC, left coronary cusp; NCC, non-coronary cusp; RA, right atrium; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract. ＊Right ventricular outflow tract; †right coronary cusp.
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