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Traumatic wound of the heart: value of intraoperative colour Doppler flow imaging
J E Richardson1, W J Duncan, B Bharadwaj
1Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
A patient who sustained a traumatic ventricular septal defect from a stab wound is presented. Intraoperative echo-Doppler imaging provided an additional diagnosis of avulsion of anterior papillary muscle of the tricuspid valve prior to cardiotomy. It was concluded that intraoperative echo-Doppler imaging proves a useful guide for cardiac surgery following penetrating trauma.