| Literature DB >> 30684272 |
Zhixia Sun1, Jiantao Guo2, Hui Wang1, Tingting Cui3.
Abstract
A 29-year-old man presented with chest tightness and shortness of breath. Physical examination showed jugular venous distention. Echocardiography showed a large saccular anechoic structure in the right atrium, swinging with the cardiac cycle. The operator initially mistook the lesion for a right atrial cystic tumor; however, color Doppler imaging showed abundant, high-velocity blood flow signals, leading to the diagnosis of giant aortic sinus rupture into the right atrium. Aortic sinus aneurysm is a rare and usually asymptomatic lesion. However, rupture leads to chest tightness and dyspnea, suggesting left or right heart failure. Surgery is the primary treatment.Entities:
Keywords: aortic sinus aneurysm; echocardiography; right atrium; rupture
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30684272 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22694
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Ultrasound ISSN: 0091-2751 Impact factor: 0.910