Aortic valve injury following blunt chest trauma

Introduction: Heart valve injury following blunt chest trauma of car accidents is increasing. Although aortic valve involvement is rare, however, in survivors of blunt cardiac trauma it is the most commonly involved valve and the most frequent valve lesion is isolated injury of the noncoronary cusp...

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Main Authors: Maryam Esmaeilzadeh, Hedieh Alimi, Majid Maleki, Saeid Hosseini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.rcvmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2251-9572;year=2014;volume=3;issue=3;spage=2;epage=2;aulast=Esmaeilzadeh;type=0