Congenital Aneurysm of the Right Aortic Sinus Associated with Coarctation of the Aorta and Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

Abstract

ANEURYSMS of the aortic sinus (of Valsalva) are rare. Jones and Langley,¹ in their classic paper, reviewed the literature in 1949 and reported a total of 43 cases proved by autopsy and added 4 of their own. Of these, 25 were of congenital origin; the remainder were acquired. In 1951 Venning2 described 3 additional cases. Falholt and Thomsen,³ in 1953, reported a case with a congenital aneurysm of the right aortic sinus diagnosed by retrograde aortography, and totaled the number of congenital cases in the literature as 34. Another autopsy was recorded recently by Basabe, Hojman and Rósemblit.⁴ Fifteen cases . . .