FLAIL TRICUSPID-VALVE IN A PATIENT WITH HISTORY OF STAB CHEST WOUND

Cardiac sequelae of stab chest wounds may be various and dramatic, and the light ventricle is the most commonly injured chamber. Correct dia gnosis of cardiac damage may be done up to many years after the trauma . We describe a rare case of isolated, unexpected flail tricuspid valv e detected by transthoracic echocardiography in a young patient with r emote history of stab chest wound. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland L td. All rights reserved.