Aortic Insufficiency By Blunt Chest Trauma.

Abstract

A 76-year-old male presented with exertional dyspnea 5 months after motor vehicle accident. Preoperative echocardiography showed aortic insufficiency(AI) due to partial detachment of the non coronary cusp. He was successfully treated by valve replacement surgery. Postoperative examination of the excised aortic valve had no changes related to endocardiatis, but suggestive of traumatic AI. The issues attached to traumatic AI including lapse of time from blunt cheat trauma to onset of AI were discussed.