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Case Reports

Simultaneous Rupture of Bronchus and Aortic Valve From Blunt Trauma

^a Medical School, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi
^b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi
^c Division of Cardiology, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi

Accepted for publication July 23, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Aru, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Mississippi, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216 (Email: garu{at}surgery.umsmed.edu).

We report the case of a 29-year-old woman with combined bronchial rupture and aortic valve tear after blunt chest trauma. She was successfully treated with primary repair of both lesions. The importance of chest computed tomography and transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of these lesions is discussed.