Surgical Repair of Unruptured Aneurysms in an Elderly Man with Takayasu’s Arteritis

Tomohiro Hayashida	Yutaka Yokota	Noriyuki Tokunaga
Mikizo Nakai and Masahiro Okada

（Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan）

Unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare anomaly which may be acquired or congenital. We describe a case of a 64 year old man with aneurysms（left:31mm, non:21mm）of the coronary sinus. The Bentall operation was successfully performed and his postoperative course was uneventful. The histopathology of the aortic wall showed Takayasu’s arteritis. Bentall surgery is a good choice for multiple aneurysms of the Valsalva sinus with aortitis.

 

Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 44:117-120（2015）

Keywords：Takayasu’s arteritis;unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms;Bentall operation