PEDIATRICS Vol. 60 No. 6 December 1977, pp. 893-895
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Traumatic Aortic Insufficiency in Children: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Thomas W. Rowland M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts

Aortic valve regurgitation and saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta developed in a 5-year-old boy following severe compressive injury to the chest. While rare, traumatic aortic valve disruption may lead to serious cardiac dysfunction. Recognition of acute aortic insufficiency and other forms of cardiac damage requires special attention in patients with nonpenetrating chest injury.

Submitted on June 28, 1977
Accepted on September 15, 1977