Gögüş, A.Akpinar, S.Unal, M.Sönmez, B.Hamzaoglu, A.2023-10-192023-10-19200131300-6738https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/4791Traumatic aortic valve rupture with resultant aortic insufficiency is a rare complication of blunt trauma. Here reported is a case with a posterior fracture-dislocation of the hip (Pipkin type-IV) and an undisplaced sternum fracture who developed hemodynamic instability in the clinical follow-up and was diagnosed having a traumatic aortic valve rupture using echocardiography. He first was treated with a biological valve replacement. Two weeks later a total hip arthroplasty combined with the osteosynthesis of the posterior wall of the acetabulum was performed. Sternum fracture healed conservatively. In multiply injured patients especially with a blunt thorax trauma hemodynamic instability despite appropriate fluid replacement should rise the suspicion of cardiac injuries, especially traumatic aortic valve rupture. Echocardiography is a simple but reliable method for the diagnosis.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessagedaorta valveaorta valve regurgitationarticlebioprosthesisblunt traumacase reportechographyheart valve prosthesiship arthroplastyhip dislocationhip fracturehumaninjurymaleosteosynthesisrupturesternumtransesophageal echocardiographyAgedAortic ValveAortic Valve InsufficiencyArthroplasty, Replacement, HipBioprosthesisEchocardiography, TransesophagealFracture Fixation, InternalHeart Valve ProsthesisHip DislocationHip FracturesHumansMaleRuptureSternumWounds, NonpenetratingArticle6669172-s2.0-0035237012N/AN/A11705178