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Tricuspid valve regurgitation following blunt thoracic trauma
G Kleikamp1, U Schnepper, H Körtke
1Herzzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik, Ruhruniversität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Chest
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
Valvular lesions following blunt thoracic trauma are uncommon. Tricuspid valve regurgitation occurs very rarely. We report a successful tricuspid valve reconstruction for rupture of the chordae tendineae in a young man nine years after a motor vehicle accident. The value of echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis and quantification of this valve lesion is stressed.