Acute Post-Traumatic Aortic Regurgitation

Daniel de Castro; Alejandro Rasines-Rodríguez; Ana Usano; Susana Mingo

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.018

Acute Post-Traumatic Aortic Regurgitation

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Nov 2;4(21):1432-1434. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.018.

Authors

Daniel de Castro¹, Alejandro Rasines-Rodríguez², Ana Usano², Susana Mingo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

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.).

Keywords: RCC, right coronary cusp; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography; aorta; aortic valve; chronic heart failure; computed tomography; echocardiography.