TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID INSUFFICIENCY FOLLOWING BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA

BAYEZID O., METE A., TÜRKAY C., YANAT F., DEGER N., ISIN E.

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.69-71, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 1993
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.69-71
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA, TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY, VALVE REPLACEMENT
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The insufficiency of the tricuspid valve developed due to blunt chest trauma is a rare and an insidiously progressing clinical incident. In this article we present a case which showed tricuspid insufficiency because of the rupture of the anterior papillary muscle due to trauma and which was treated surgically.