Acute aortic insufficiency after blunt chest trauma: a case report.
Journal: The Journal Of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Abstract
Traumatic aortic valve regurgitation is a rare complication of non penetrating blunt chest trauma which usually requires surgical management. We describe a case of a 21 year old man with blunt chest trauma who was diagnosed with aortic valve regurgitation due to rupture of the right coronary cusp one month after falling from a high place. Rupture of aortic valve cusp was treated successfully with aortic valve replacement.
Authors
T Turk, H Vural, Y Ata, C Eris, S Yavuz
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