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Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: Multimedia

Author: Edward J Bayne, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Coauthor(s): Lynn Cronin, MD, Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital
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Updated: Oct 10, 2008

Multimedia

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Color-flow Doppler ul...Media file 1: Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Color-flow Doppler ultrasonography is performed in the right ventricle through a supracristal ventricular septal defect with fingerlike prolapse of the right coronary sinus wall (arrow).
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Color-flow Doppler ul...

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Color-flow Doppler ultrasonography is performed in the right ventricle through a supracristal ventricular septal defect with fingerlike prolapse of the right coronary sinus wall (arrow).

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Further Reading

Keywords

sinus of Valsalva fistula, aortocameral fistula, Valsalva sinus rupture, congenital Valsalva sinus aneurysm, Valsalva sinus fistula, aortic sinus, ruptured Valsalva sinus aneurysm, unruptured Valsalva sinus aneurysm, heart murmur, diastolic murmur, heart failure, Marfan syndrome, syphilitic aortitis, ventricular septal defect, supracristal ventricular septal defect, aortic insufficiency, heart block, subpulmonic ventricular septal defect, cardiac tamponade, dysrhythmia, coronary ischemia, acute myocardial infarction, angina, syncope, Adams-Strokes syndrome, syphilis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Turner syndrome, Williams syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve, osteogenesis imperfecta

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Edward J Bayne, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Edward J Bayne, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and American Society of Echocardiography
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Lynn Cronin, MD, Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital
Lynn Cronin, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians and American Society of Echocardiography
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Juan Carlos Alejos, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles
Juan Carlos Alejos, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Disclosure: Actelion Honoraria Speaking and teaching

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Mary L Windle, PharmD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

John W Moore, MD, MPH, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mattel Children's Hospital of University of California at Los Angeles
John W Moore, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Gilbert Herzberg, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, New York Medical College
Gilbert Herzberg, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Stuart Berger, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin; Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Director of Pediatric Heart Transplant Program, Medical Director of The Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Stuart Berger, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American College of Chest Physicians, American Heart Association, and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

 
 
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