title: Aortic valve repair after blunt chest trauma: repair of traumatic aortic valve rupture.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Uberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Da Col
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Lazzaro
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Manici
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Affronti
authors.forename: Giuliana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bardelli
authors.forename: Isidoro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Di Bella
authors.forename: Temistocle
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ragni
mesh_terms: 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