A 70-year-old woman who had fatiguability due to right heart failure s
even years after receiving blunt chest trauma in a road traffic accide
nt presented to our hospital. Preoperative echocardiography revealed s
evere tricuspid regurgitation resulting from prolapse of the anterior
leaflet. The valve was repaired by chordal replacement with expanded p
olytetrafluoroethylene sutures and DeVega annuloplasty. At three month
s after surgery, the patient is in good clinical condition, and repeat
echocardiography revealed only mild tricuspid regurgitation.