Traumatic combined valve lesions with aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva causing late onset of heart failure.
A 23 year old man was operated on because severe incompetence of the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve caused congestive heart failure five months after a violent steering wheel injury. The following abnormalities were found at operation: a disrupted right coronary cusp, a torn chorda of the anterior mitral leaflet, a dilated tricuspid annulus, and an intimal tear on the aortic root near the right coronary ostium that had developed into an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva