Jia-Wang Xiao, Qi-Guang Wang, Duan-Zhen Zhang, Chun-Sheng Cui, Xiumin Han, Po Zhang, Chuangju Hou, Xian-Yang Zhu
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.2, pp. 305-310, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12572
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy, safety, and long-term outcomes of percutaneous closure (PC) and surgical repair of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (RSVA).
Methods: Eighty-five consecutive patients with RSVA were included in this study. Patients were
considered candidates for PC if they met the criterion, surgical repair was performed on patients
who were unsuitable or failed PC. Of them, 30 patients underwent PC, while the other 55 patients
had surgical repair.
Results: RSVA was successfully occluded in 29 of 30 patients who were treated by PC. The mean
narrowest diameter at the ruptured site was 6.45 ±… More >
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