title: Aortic insufficiency due to a partial left-coronary aortic valve prolapse and the detection of two small interatrial jets after blunt thoracic trauma.
abstract: Aortic valve regurgitation due to blunt thoracic trauma is a rare complication. Autopsy studies have been shown that the aortic valve is the most often lacerated one among the heart valves. Actually, we describe a case of a 47 year old man with the signs of heart failure after a blunt thoracic trauma 2 months before caused by aortic insufficiency due to a partial left-coronary aortic valve prolapse. Furthermore, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed two small jets between the left and the right atrium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oikonomopoulos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hoffmeister
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001023:Aortic Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*