Acute aortic valve rupture secondary to blunt chest trauma.
Cardiac valve injury after blunt chest trauma is rare. We present a case of blunt chest trauma resulting in an isolated aortic valve rupture treated with aortic valve replacement.
Hashmi
Zubair A
ZA
Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, USA. z_hashmi@yahoo.com
Maher
Thomas D
TD
Sugumaran
Rajkumar K
RK
Hughes-Doichev
Rachel A
RA
Hagerty
Michael F
MF
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery