Avulsion of a normal aortic valve cusp due to blunt chest injury.
The successful operative treatment of aortic valve disruption caused by forceful blunt chest trauma in a 30-year-old previously healthy man is reported. The patients' left coronary cusp was completely avulsed at its annular insertion. Aortic valve replacement with a 23-mm Carpentier-Edwards porcine xenograft was performed. The literature on this rare condition is reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*