Aortic valve repair after blunt chest trauma: repair of traumatic aortic valve rupture.
A frequent reason of admission to the emergency room is blunt chest trauma following car accidents. Chest injuries may cause a wide range of cardiac lesions, extending from myocardial contusion, to heart or great vessels rupture, to valvular lesions. We present a case of aortic valve rupture after blunt chest trauma.
Da Col
Uberto
U
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy.
Di Lazzaro
Davide
D
Di Manici
Gino
G
Affronti
Alessandro
A
Bardelli
Giuliana
G
Di Bella
Isidoro
I
Ragni
Temistocle
T
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating