ORPHA:1054
Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva
Also known as: SOVA · SVA · Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
Publications
1,854
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
937
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare heart of one or more of the aortic sinuses, consisting of a dilation that when unruptured is usually asymptomatic but when ruptured presents with exertional dyspnea, fatigue, chest pain and that can lead to congestive heart failure if left untreated.
How rare: How common this is has not been clearly measured.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0015197
- UMLS:C2239253
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
2/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
1,854 matched papers (773 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedPresent
11 HPO annotations (e.g. Dilatation of the sinus of Valsalva; Aortic regurgitation; Dyspnea) Source
- Animal modelNot found
No Alliance genotype “model of” associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Orphan designationNot found
No FDA or EMA orphan-drug designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name Source
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
11
Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0015197
- Dilatation of the sinus of Valsalva
- Aortic regurgitation
- Dyspnea
- Edema
- Cough
Showing 5 of 11 — open Monarch for the full list.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
None returned for this Mondo ID. Empty here is not proof that no model organism work exists under another name or gene.
Monarch fetch 2026-07-29
Therapies
Designations, candidates, and chemicals
FDA OOPD and EMA orphan designations, Open Targets clinical candidates, and CTD chemical associations via MyDisease.info. These never change the interventional-trial headline.
Orphan designation (FDA · EMA)
No designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name on the FDA OOPD mirror or EMA orphan register. Absence here is not proof that none exists under another wording.
Open Targets candidates
No drugs or clinical candidates returned for this Mondo ID on Open Targets.
CTD chemicals (MyDisease.info)
No CTD chemical associations returned for this Mondo ID.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
1,854
1,854 papers have been published on this condition. That is a real research literature — still far smaller than common diseases (breast cancer: over 700,000 papers). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=3967) is 59.
1,854 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 59 (publications denominator n=3967).
773 in the last 10 years · low confidence
Phrase hits: 1,854 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
937
Distinct author names in 200 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Ma X5 papers · 2026
Department of Ultrasound, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital Affiliated Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Sharma A3 papers · 2026
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Wang Y3 papers · 2025
School of Medical Imaging, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Bhatia H2 papers · 2026
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Guan X2 papers · 2025
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Hisagi M2 papers · 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Iino K2 papers · 2026
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Kato K2 papers · 2024
Department of Cariology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Ku L2 papers · 2026
Department of Radiology, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital Affiliated Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Li J2 papers · 2026
Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 11 September 2026 · last trial check 11 September 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 77.2% of diseases in the trials denominator (5501 of 7126). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
low confidence · 38.6th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Other registries (secondary)
Broader net from EU CTIS, ISRCTN, and ICTRP when available — deduped against ClinicalTrials.gov IDs already counted above. Dual-model LLM relevance gates what we keep. These rows are not added to the interventional headline.
raw 0 · after dedupe 0 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 0 · dropped 0 · fetched 2026-07-29
Source notes: ictrp: Error: ICTRP public search unavailable (WHO portal is SPA-only; SOAP needs partnership). Tried: https://apps.who.int/tri
No secondary-registry studies passed dual-model relevance for this condition name (after dedupe).
Where to find support
Condition-specific patient organisations, when Orphanet lists them, are on the disease’s Orphanet page. We also link umbrella groups that support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families.
Orphanet entry for Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva" OR "Aneurysm of the sinus of the Valsalva" OR "Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm" OR "Sinus of the Valsalva aneurysm"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva" OR "Aneurysm of the sinus of the Valsalva" OR "Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm" OR "Sinus of the Valsalva aneurysm"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Synonyms dropped by stoplist: SOVA; SVA
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- 2 synonym(s) dropped by stoplist (may under-count)
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
- Publication count (1854) is extremely high with unknown/missing prevalence — treat as possible over-matching, not proven research intensity
Ingested 2026-07-26T16:17:20.351Z