Aortic valve rupture due to high-voltage electrical injury: case report.

Autor: Güler N; Departments of Cardiology, School of Medicine Yüzüncü Yil University, Van and Corlu Sifa Hospital, Turkey. niyaziguler@hotmail.com, Ozkara C, Tuncer M, Güntekin U, Kocabas S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of heart valve disease [J Heart Valve Dis] 2004 Sep; Vol. 13 (5), pp. 857-9.
Abstrakt: In the heart, the most common sequelae after electrical injury are myocardial contusion and arrhythmias. A case is presented of segmental ventricular dysfunction and severe aortic regurgitation due to laceration of the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve caused by electrical injury. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of valvular rupture due to electrical injury.
Databáze: MEDLINE