An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Edema: Acute Rupture of Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into the Left Atrium

Antonella Moreo; Benedetta De Chiara; Giuseppe Bruschi; Giuseppe Tarelli; Marina Parolini; Francesco Mauri

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2006.02.005

An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Edema: Acute Rupture of Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into the Left Atrium

Antonella Moreo, Benedetta De Chiara, Giuseppe Bruschi, Giuseppe Tarelli, Marina Parolini, Francesco Mauri

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

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Abstract

We present the case of a patient admitted to hospital with pulmonary edema and atrial fibrillation. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed noncoronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm ruptured into the left atrium, with a turbulent flow directed toward the left atrium floor and the pulmonary vein, which explained the clinical presentation. Echocardiography played a crucial role in identification of the cause and correct therapeutic approach.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume	19
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2006.02.005
Publication status	Published - Jul 2006

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Sinus of Valsalva

Pulmonary Edema

Heart Atria

Aneurysm

Rupture

Ruptured Aneurysm

Pulmonary Veins

Atrial Fibrillation

Echocardiography

Therapeutics

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Moreo, A., De Chiara, B., Bruschi, G., Tarelli, G., Parolini, M., & Mauri, F. (2006). An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Edema: Acute Rupture of Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into the Left Atrium. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 19(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2006.02.005

An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Edema : Acute Rupture of Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into the Left Atrium. / Moreo, Antonella; De Chiara, Benedetta; Bruschi, Giuseppe; Tarelli, Giuseppe; Parolini, Marina; Mauri, Francesco.

In: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Vol. 19, No. 7, 07.2006.

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Moreo, A, De Chiara, B, Bruschi, G, Tarelli, G, Parolini, M & Mauri, F 2006, 'An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Edema: Acute Rupture of Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into the Left Atrium', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, vol. 19, no. 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2006.02.005

Moreo A, De Chiara B, Bruschi G, Tarelli G, Parolini M, Mauri F. An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Edema: Acute Rupture of Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into the Left Atrium. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2006 Jul;19(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2006.02.005

Moreo, Antonella ; De Chiara, Benedetta ; Bruschi, Giuseppe ; Tarelli, Giuseppe ; Parolini, Marina ; Mauri, Francesco. / An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Edema : Acute Rupture of Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm into the Left Atrium. In: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2006 ; Vol. 19, No. 7.

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