Fig. 2From: Giant unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm successfully managed with valve-sparing procedure – a case reportIntraoperative pictures. a – Image showing the orifice of the SVA (marked with asterisk) and the dilated aortic root. b – Hegar dilator is placed in the orifice of the aneurysm. The image is meant to emphasise the size of the aneurysm, here compared to the size of the 25 mm Hegar dilator which was also used for the suture annuloplasty [16]Back to article page