TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Contusio cordis, not an innocent diagnosis
JO  - BMJ case reports
A1  - Driessen, Roel
A1  - Doodeman, Inge
A1  - Bogaard, Kjell
A1  - Reichert, Stan
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - 2014
IS  - ePub
N2  - This report demonstrates two cases of traumatic valvular lesions of the heart. The first is a patient with severe mitral regurgitation after a blunt chest trauma and the second a severe aortic regurgitation due to rupture of a coronary cusp after a motor cycle accident. Both patients underwent successful surgery and recovered. Valvular lesions are a rare complication after blunt chest trauma. Physicians should always consider a traumatic valvular lesion as a possible cause of pulmonary oedema or haemodynamic instability after a blunt chest trauma.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-204139
ID  - ref1
ER  -