Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research 2008-5117 12 2 2020 06 08 Pleural effusion and acute right heart failure due to a ruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and correction by surgical intervention 150 151 10.34172/jcvtr.2020.25 EN Jianmei Li Qing Li https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8218-7929 Yan Shen Lihong Zhang Chunmei Zhang Tao Guo Zihong Guo Journal Article 10.34172/jcvtr.2020.25 2019 07 14 2020 04 08 In the study, we present the case of a 65-year-old male with rupture of right SVA into the right atrium that caused pleural effusion and acute right-sided heart failure (ARHF), which corrected by surgical intervention.