[Ultrasonic diagnosis of aneurysmal rupture of the sinus of Valsalva]

Echocardiographic findings in 8 patients operated on for Valsalva's sinus aneurysm rupture are summed up: aneurysm and the site of its rupture shown on two-dimensional echocardiogram, abnormal diastolic blood flow through the aneurysm, evidenced by Doppler cardiography, and dilatation of cardiac chambers, dependent on the direction of blood discharge through the aorto-cardiac fistula.