Aortic insufficiency due to a partial left-coronary aortic valve prolapse and the detection of two small interatrial jets after blunt thoracic trauma.
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.
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Oikonomopoulos
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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*