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Repair of traumatic aortic valve disruption and descending aortic transection
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York 10021, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 9, 2000
Abstract:
Traumatic aortic transection after acute deceleration injury remains a highly lethal condition. Concomitant aortic valve disruption is exceedingly rare, and can complicate the timing of surgical management. This report describes the management and outcome of a patient with these types of injuries.