TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID INSUFFICIENCY FOLLOWING BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA

Authors
BAYEZID O METE A TURKAY C YANAT F DEGER N ISIN E
Citation
O. Bayezid et al., TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID INSUFFICIENCY FOLLOWING BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 34(1), 1993, pp. 69-71
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219509
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
69 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9509(1993)34:1<69:TTIFBC>2.0.ZU;2-P
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 be cause of the rupture of the anterior papillary muscle due to trauma an d which was treated surgically.