%0 Journal Article
%T Traumatic aortic valve injury after blunt chest trauma
%J Annals of thoracic surgery
%D 2021
%A Pissarra, Diana
%A Máximo, José
%A Campos, Isabel
%A Pinho, Paulo
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X Traumatic aortic valve regurgitation is a rare but potentially fatal complication of blunt chest trauma. We present the case of a 68-year-old woman who suffered from severe traumatic aortic valve regurgitation after a car accident. The patient was successfully treated by surgical replacement of the aortic valve with a biological prosthesis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0003-4975
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.10.070