TY - JOUR
T1 - Traumatic aortic regurgitation caused by a detached commissure
AU - Taguchi, Shinichi
AU - Ueda, Toshihiko
AU - Inoue, Yoshito
AU - Kashima, Ichiro
AU - Koizumi, Kiyoshi
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - Case reports of traumatic aortic regurgitation caused by detached commissures are rare. We report a case of a 56-year-old man involved in a traffic accident. During his hospitalization for subdural hematoma and pulmonary contusion, he began to suffer from heart failure. He was operated on under diagnosis of severe aortic regurgitaion. The commissure between the left and the noncoronary cusps was largely detached from the aortic wall, which was easily estimated to be the cause of the prediagnosed left cusp prolapse. His aortic valve was replaced, and his postoperative course was uneventful.
AB - Case reports of traumatic aortic regurgitation caused by detached commissures are rare. We report a case of a 56-year-old man involved in a traffic accident. During his hospitalization for subdural hematoma and pulmonary contusion, he began to suffer from heart failure. He was operated on under diagnosis of severe aortic regurgitaion. The commissure between the left and the noncoronary cusps was largely detached from the aortic wall, which was easily estimated to be the cause of the prediagnosed left cusp prolapse. His aortic valve was replaced, and his postoperative course was uneventful.
KW - Detached commissure
KW - Nonpenetrating cardiac injury
KW - Prolapse
KW - Traumatic aortic regurgitation
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U2 - 10.1007/s11748-006-0062-x
DO - 10.1007/s11748-006-0062-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17444171
AN - SCOPUS:33947645355
VL - 55
SP - 32
EP - 34
JO - General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
SN - 1863-6705
IS - 1
ER -
