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A giant unruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva together with ectasia of the left coronary artery.
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field.A sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is defined as a dilatation of the aortic sinuses, between the aortic valve annulus and the sinotubular junction. They are rare and most frequently involve the right coronary sinus. We report a case of an unruptured giant sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in a patient associated with ectasia of the left main stem and left anterior descending coronary artery. The patient was successfully treated with aortic root replacement using a biologic conduit