Traumatic combined valve lesions with aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva causing late onset of heart failure

Br Heart J. 1987 Apr;57(4):377-9. doi: 10.1136/hrt.57.4.377.

Abstract

A 23 year old man was operated on because severe incompetence of the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve caused congestive heart failure five months after a violent steering wheel injury. The following abnormalities were found at operation: a disrupted right coronary cusp, a torn chorda of the anterior mitral leaflet, a dilated tricuspid annulus, and an intimal tear on the aortic root near the right coronary ostium that had developed into an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Aortic Aneurysm / complications*
  • Heart Failure / etiology*
  • Heart Injuries / complications*
  • Heart Valves / injuries
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sinus of Valsalva*