Tricuspid insufficiency and interatrial septum rupture: A cause of persistent systemic hypoxemia after blunt chest trauma

Authors
Pereira, J Oliver, JM Mateos, M Cerron, F Maseda, E Cabestrero, D Sobrino, JA
Citation
J. Pereira et al., Tricuspid insufficiency and interatrial septum rupture: A cause of persistent systemic hypoxemia after blunt chest trauma, J AM S ECHO, 13(1), 2000, pp. 64-65
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
ISSN journal
08947317 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
64 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-7317(200001)13:1<64:TIAISR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The case of a 45-year-old man with severe tricuspid insufficiency and inter atrial septum rupture caused by a car accident is described. The patient ha d a rupture of the anterior papillary muscle of the tricuspid valve and rig ht-to-left shunt through an interatrial defect with severe hypoxemia that w as difficult to distinguish from that caused by pulmonary damage. Transesop hageal echocardiography was extremely useful for early diagnosis.