TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID INSUFFICIENCY FOLLOWING BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, vol.34, no.1, pp.69-71, 1993 (SCI-Expanded)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 34 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 1993
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.69-71
- Keywords: BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA, TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY, VALVE REPLACEMENT
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: No
Abstract
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.