Mitral valve incompetence trauma after mitral valve following blunt chest repair - Recognition by three-dimensional echochardiography

Authors
Goetz, W Wahba, A Pandian, NG Birnbaum, DE
Citation
W. Goetz et al., Mitral valve incompetence trauma after mitral valve following blunt chest repair - Recognition by three-dimensional echochardiography, SC CARDIOVA, 35(3), 2001, pp. 221-222
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
Journal title
SCANDINAVIAN CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL
ISSN journal
14017431 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
221 - 222
Database
ISI
SICI code
1401-7431(200107)35:3<221:MVITAM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We present a unique case of mitral incompetence following blunt chest traum a in a 46-year-old woman who had undergone successful mitral valve repair 2 years before the accident. Three-dimensional echocardiography revealed the precise pathology, with partial avulsion of the annuloplasty ring and rupt ure of chordae tendineae.