Aortic valve repair after blunt chest trauma: repair of traumatic aortic valve rupture

J Card Surg. 2007 May-Jun;22(3):221-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00391.x.

Abstract

A frequent reason of admission to the emergency room is blunt chest trauma following car accidents. Chest injuries may cause a wide range of cardiac lesions, extending from myocardial contusion, to heart or great vessels rupture, to valvular lesions. We present a case of aortic valve rupture after blunt chest trauma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Aortic Valve / injuries*
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonography
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating