Aortic valve rupture due to blunt chest trauma.
We report a patient admitted to our hospital with aortic valve rupture due to blunt chest trauma. The aortic rupture was accurately identified by the transesophageal echocardiogram, allowing a better surgical approach.
Theodoro
José Eduardo
JE
Hospital São Joaquim da Real e Benemérita Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. theodoro@cardiol.br
Oliveira
Maria do Socorro Alves
Mdo S
Abensur
Henry
H
Chiarello
Gustavo
G
Barreto
Raphael Azevedo
RA
de Souza
Januário Manuel
JM
de Oliveira
Sérgio Almeida
SA
D000328:Adult; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*