Acute Post-Traumatic Aortic Regurgitation

A 16-year-old girl with a history of blunt chest trauma was admitted because of heart failure symptoms. Transthoracic echocardiography showed severe eccentric aortic regurgitation. Cardiac computed tomography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva. We present a rare clinical presen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: de Castro, Daniel, Rasines-Rodríguez, Alejandro, Usano, Ana, Mingo, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9663896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36388713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.018
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Sumario:A 16-year-old girl with a history of blunt chest trauma was admitted because of heart failure symptoms. Transthoracic echocardiography showed severe eccentric aortic regurgitation. Cardiac computed tomography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva. We present a rare clinical presentation of a life-threatening condition. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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