TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Pulmonary valve insufficiency 12 years after high-velocity blunt chest trauma JO - European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery A1 - Sheytanov, Ventsislav A1 - Wehbe, Mahmoud S. A1 - Doll, Nicolas A1 - Tzanavaros, Ioannis SP - 1234 EP - 1235 VL - 55 IS - 6 N2 - The spectrum of cardiac injury due to blunt chest trauma may range from cardiac contusions with a clinically silent course to fatal cardiac wall rupture. Pulmonary valve insufficiency due to non-penetrating chest trauma is a rare entity. In this case, pulmonary valve insufficiency as a result of valve tear due to high-velocity blunt chest trauma required surgical replacement.

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LA - en SN - 1010-7940 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy353 ID - ref1 ER -