Acute aortic valve rupture secondary to blunt chest trauma.

Journal: Journal Of Cardiac Surgery
Published:
Abstract

Cardiac valve injury after blunt chest trauma is rare. We present a case of blunt chest trauma resulting in an isolated aortic valve rupture treated with aortic valve replacement.

Authors
Zubair Hashmi, Thomas Maher, Rajkumar Sugumaran, Rachel Hughes Doichev, Michael Hagerty