Citation

Onorati F, De Santo LS, Carozza A, De Feo M, Renzulli A, Cotrufo M. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2004; 77(6): 2192-2194.

Affiliation

Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiotoraciche e Respiratorie, V Monaldi Hospital, Seconda Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01409-7

PMID

15172299

Abstract

Despite the increase in car accidents, aortic valve injury from blunt trauma remains rare. In one case, a 30-year-old Marfan male, who was under observation at our outpatient clinic, suffered from aortic regurgitation due to a tear in the left coronary cusp of a previously echocardiographically normal valve. Acute ventricular failure demanded surgical management within 3 days after an automobile accident. The case was successfully treated by replacement of the aortic valve with a no. 23 Sorin Bicarbon prosthesis. The patient fully recovered and experienced an uneventful 6 months of follow-up.

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