Aortic valve injury following blunt chest trauma

Aortic Valve Injury Following Blunt Chest Trauma

INTRODUCTION Heart valve injury following blunt chest trauma of car accidents is increasing. Although aortic valve involvement is rare, however, in survivors of blunt cardiac trauma it is the most commonly involved valve and the most frequent valve lesion is isolated injury of the noncoronary cusp of aortic valve. CASE PRESENTATION A 31-year-old man with a history of car accident (five months...

Acute aortic and mitral valve regurgitation following blunt chest trauma.

Traumatic rupture of intracardiac structures is an uncommon phenomenon although there are a number of reports with regards to rupture of the tricuspid, mitral and aortic valves. We report the case of a 25-year-old patient who presented with acute aortic and mitral valve regurgitation of traumatic origin. Both lesions were seen separated by 2 weeks. Pathophysiology is reviewed. The combination o...

Traumatic pulmonary valve injury following blunt chest trauma.

Blunt Chest Trauma — Suspected Aortic Injury

Aortic valve tear with severe aortic regurgitation following blunt chest trauma

An aortic valve tear associated with aortic regurgitation following blunt chest trauma is seldom seen. In this case, a 55-year-old man sustained a non-penetrating chest injury caused by a sudden fall from 10 meters. This led to a sizable tear in the left coronary cusp associated with severe aortic insufficiency. The case was treated successfully by surgical replacement of the aortic valve with ...