Case Reports
Percutaneous device closure of a ruptured sinus of valsalva presenting in acute heart failure
Authors:
J. B. Jayawardena ,
National Hospital of Sri Lanka, LK
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Institute of Cardiology
M. B. F. Rahuman,
National Hospital of Sri Lanka, LK
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Institute of Cardiology
G. R. Francis,
National Hospital of Sri Lanka, LK
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Institute of Cardiology
M. Niraj,
National Hospital of Sri Lanka, LK
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Institute of Cardiology
A. H. W. Kumara
National Hospital of Sri Lanka, LK
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Institute of Cardiology
Abstract
Aneurysms of sinus of valsalva are rare cardiac abnormalities1. Following rupture it presents with acute heart failure. Definitive treatment is surgical or device closure2. A 25-year-old female presented with decompensated cardiac failure following a ruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm (RSOVA). She underwent percutaneous device closure at the Cardiology Unit of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL) and had an uneventful follow up for one year. This is the first successful closure of a RSOVA by a Sri Lankan team of cardiologists. The procedure is safe and feasible and can be performed with available facilities in selected patients.
How to Cite:
Jayawardena, J.B., Rahuman, M.B.F., Francis, G.R., Niraj, M. and Kumara, A.H.W., 2017. Percutaneous device closure of a ruptured sinus of valsalva presenting in acute heart failure. Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians, 48(1), pp.46–47. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jccp.v48i1.7812
Published on
14 Nov 2017.
Peer Reviewed
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