Rupture of Right Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into Right Cardiac Chambers: The Role of Different Imaging Modalities

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in Africa: a literature review

“…A total of 48 papers were identified, of which 28 records not related to the theme were excluded. A total of 20 full-text papers representing 23 patients, children and adults included, were included in this review [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

“…A case series with 4 patients and 19 clinical cases of SOVA were identified from reports published between 1962 and 2021 [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. Overall, 23 patients with SOVA were identified, and there were 14 males (60.8%) and 9 females (39.1%) (male/female ratio: 1.6/1).…”

“…Surgical treatment is recommended for the 23 (100%) patients. Of this, 1 patient died of congestive heart failure refractory to treatment waiting for cardiac surgery [18], 1 patient with a high surgical risk was refused by the surgical team [13], and 3 patients refused surgery [15,18,20]. Fifteen patients underwent surgical treatment with no surgical mortality.…”

“…Two of them died suddenly, and one patient died of refractory heart failure. Among the 8 operated patients, one patient with three months and another with 6 months, and five patients with one year and another with 3 years of follow-up remain asymptomatic, which reflects a good result in the short-medium term [4,5,7,8,15,17,23].…”

“…Aortography and coronary angiography should be used in patients with suspected coronary disease and in patients in whom percutaneous closure of the ruptured SOVA is planned [15].…”