ASYMPTOMATIC AORTIC-STENOSIS AND UNEXPECTED DEATH IN THE TRAUMA PATIENT

Authors
OMERT L PEITZMAN AB
Citation
L. Omert et Ab. Peitzman, ASYMPTOMATIC AORTIC-STENOSIS AND UNEXPECTED DEATH IN THE TRAUMA PATIENT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 43(4), 1997, pp. 709-712
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
709 - 712
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We report the cases of two young trauma patients with asymptomatic aor tic stenosis who died after nonlethal blunt traumatic injuries, In bot h cases, their deaths were attributed to their underlying valvular dis ease. Awareness of the incidence of asymptomatic aortic stenosis and i ts potential physiologic hazard to the trauma victim may facilitate ma nagement of these difficult patients.