[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of traumatic damage to the sinus of Valsalva following penetrating wounds of the heart].
The authors had three patients with traumatic damage of the sinus of Valsalva, caused by penetrating injury of the thorax inflicted with a knife. The patients were brought to the clinic in a grave condition with decompensation of systemic and pulmonary circulation. The anomaly called for emergency surgical correction under conditions of extracorporeal circulation. The diagnosis was based on the complaints, medical history, clinical picture, the results of functional methods of examination including echocardiography and catheterization with angiocardiography. The operations consisted in total correction of the heart anomaly. The immediate and late-term results were good.
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D000328:Adult; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery
Diagnostika i khirurgicheskoe lechenie travmaticheskogo povrezhdeniia sinusov Val'sal'vy posle pronikaiushchikh raneniĭ serdtsa.