Citation

Munshi IA, Barie PS, Hawes AS, Lang SJ, Fischer E. J. Trauma 1996; 41(6): 1047-1050.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8970562

Abstract

Acute aortic valve rupture with resultant aortic insufficiency is a rare complication of blunt trauma. We describe a case in which a patient fell 70 feet, sustaining avulsion of two leaflets of the aortic valve along with multiple other injuries, primarily orthopedic. Our case demonstrates that patients with acute aortic regurgitation can be managed nonoperatively if necessary in the acute setting, enabling management of other significant trauma. Subsequent semielective valvular replacement may be undertaken if other injuries must take precedence.

Language: en