Simonavičius Justas, Jarašūnienė Dalia
Centre of Cardiology and Angiology, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Klaipėda Jūrininkai Hospital, Klaipėda, Lithuania.
Acta Med Litu. 2018;25(4):234-239. doi: 10.6001/actamedica.v25i4.3934.
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is an uncommon finding. The present paper describes a case report of a 57-year-old female patient who developed angina pectoris due to the left sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Clinical presentation, localization, unruptured status and concomitant coarctation of the aorta make the case presented in this document extremely rare and interesting. Current knowledge about the disease is briefly discussed.
瓦氏窦瘤是一种罕见的病症。本文描述了一例57岁女性患者因左瓦氏窦瘤引发心绞痛的病例报告。该病例的临床表现、瘤体位置、未破裂状态以及合并主动脉缩窄的情况使其极为罕见且有趣。文中还简要讨论了目前关于该疾病的认知。