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Traumatic tricuspid insufficiency following blunt chest trauma
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|February 1, 1993
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.