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Traumatic aortic incompetence associated with transection of the thoracic aorta
R F Paone1, J N Kidd, D J Dobrin
1Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University, El Paso, USA.
Chest
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
A case of blunt chest trauma resulting in transection of the descending thoracic aorta and disruption of the aortic valve is presented. Successful treatment required graft repair of the aortic injury followed by aortic valve replacement.