Surgical treatment of traumatic rupture of the aortic valve with dove-coo murmur--case report
Shigemitsu, O.; Hadama, T.; Mori, Y.; Miyamoto, S.; Sako, H.; Uchida, Y.
Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai 43(3): 394-397
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-4739 PMID: 7769351 Document Number: 443071
Aortic regurgitation due to traumatic rupture of the aortic valve with dove-coo murmur is rare. A 71-year-old man was admitted for cardiac failure due to aortic regurgitation with dove-coo murmur, 4 years after the traffic accident. The aortic valve replacement was performed and his postoperative course was good. The aortic valve was tricuspid valve with the tear in the left side of right coronary cusp, and the size of the tear was 7 mm. The aortic valve was not recognized the findings of inflammatory or rheumatic change in the pathological study.