title: Acute aortic insufficiency after blunt chest trauma: a case report.
abstract: Traumatic aortic valve regurgitation is a rare complication of non penetrating blunt chest trauma which usually requires surgical management. We describe a case of a 21 year old man with blunt chest trauma who was diagnosed with aortic valve regurgitation due to rupture of the right coronary cusp one month after falling from a high place. Rupture of aortic valve cusp was treated successfully with aortic valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey. tturkon@hotmail.com
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vural
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ata
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eris
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yavuz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*