Designed & Managed by Dr. Joseph Vettukattil, Consultant Congenital Cardiologist, Southampton University Hospital, UK
Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva
Fig 1: A 45 year old man presenting with acute cardiac symptoms. 3D TOE shows the pathology. The image above is a still frame of view from the extra mural surface of the right coronary cusp. The ruptured right coronary cusp can be clearly seen opening in to a false aneurism.
Figure 2: View of the ruptured sinus through the aortic lumen.
MPR of the ruptured sinus of valsalva, with 3d image in the right lower panel showing view from the aortic lumen.
3D reconstruction from the MPR showing the anterior mitral leaflet (AML), False aneurism and the cirular orifice of the ruptured sinus.
