Traumatic aortic valve rupture after a high-speed motor-vehicle accident: case report.
The case is reported of a 32-year-old male with an aortic valve injury received in a high-speed traffic accident. Several non-cardiac concomitant injuries were present, none of them life-threatening. Cardiac surgery was performed on day 2 due to a grade III aortic valve insufficiency. The presence of a large tear of the non-coronary cusp, and several concomitant injuries, led to valve replacement being considered the most optimal treatment for this patient.
Kaljusto
Mari-Liis
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ullevål University Hospital, and University of Oslo, Norway. m.l.kaljusto@medisin.uio.no
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*