title: Combined traumatic avulsion of the aortic valve and rupture of the left common carotid artery.
abstract: A case of complete rupture of the left common carotid artery at the aortic arch and avulsion of a cusp of the aortic valve due to blunt trauma is presented. The ruptured carotid artery was reimplanted into the left subclavian artery, and the avulsed aortic valve cusp was successfully repaired by direct suturing.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: van Heurn
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hamerlijnck
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: de la Rivière
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Suttorp
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery