Egoh Y, Okoshi T, Anbe J, Akasaka T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1997 Jun;11(6):1180-2. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(96)01116-5.
Blunt trauma followed by aortic valvular insufficiency is a rare occurence. In one case, a male high-school student who had sustained a non-penetrative chest injury suffered from aortic regurgitation resulting from the rupture of the normal aortic valve. A sizable tear in the non-coronary cusp caused aortic insufficiency. The case was treated successfully by surgical replacement of the aortic valve with a No. 21 SJM prosthesis.
