Severe aortic regurgitation following blunt chest trauma due to home accident.
Nguyen Hoang BacNguyen Hoang DinhTruong Quang BinhMinh Khoi LePublished in: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (2020)
Aortic valve rupture is a rare manifestation in comparison to cardiac rupture or contusion following blunt chest trauma. We report a case of aortic valve leaflet rupture with severe aortic regurgitation after a fall from a ladder. The aortic valve rupture had been missed in the emergency ultrasound and was only detected on comprehensive echocardiography after failure of weaning from a mechanical ventilator. The patient underwent aortic bioprosthetic valve replacement that dramatically changed the clinical course.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve replacement
- trauma patients
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- left ventricular
- healthcare
- mechanical ventilation
- early onset
- magnetic resonance imaging
- emergency department
- spinal cord
- computed tomography
- case report
- heart failure
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- drug induced
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- contrast enhanced ultrasound