title: Surgical treatment of traumatic rupture of the normal aortic valve.
abstract: Blunt trauma followed by aortic valvular insufficiency is a rare occurence. In one case, a male high-school student who had sustained a non-penetrative chest injury suffered from aortic regurgitation resulting from the rupture of the normal aortic valve. A sizable tear in the non-coronary cusp caused aortic insufficiency. The case was treated successfully by surgical replacement of the aortic valve with a No. 21 SJM prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Egoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okoshi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anbe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications