[Cardiac failure due to traumatic aortic valve rupture].
Cardiac failure due to valvular dysfunction is frequent as a complication of acute myocardial infarction, endocarditis or penetrating thoracic trauma affecting the heart and large vessels. Less frequently it is associate with nonpenetrating chest trauma. We presented a 69-year-old male with acute left heart failure after nonpenetrating thoracic trauma and sternum fracture. Transesophageal echocardiogram confirmed severe aortic regurgitation. A bilateral tear in the right coronary and non-coronary cusp was found. The aortic valve was removed and replaced with a number 27 Carpentier Edwards prosthesis. The postoperative course was uneventful.
Carrascal Hinojal
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Unidad de Cirugía Cardíaca. Instituto Galego de Medicina Técnica, MEDTEC. Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo,. Pontevedra.
Legarra Calderón
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Pradas Montilla
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D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture