Tricuspid Insufficiency Detected 8 Years Later Following a Blunt Chest Trauma.
10.4070/kcj.1999.29.10.1133
- Author:
Yeoun Jung KIM
;
Keon Sik MOON
;
Jae Sung KIM
;
Hweung Kon HWANG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Blunt chest trauma;
Tricuspid insufficiency;
Tricuspid valve repair;
Doppler echocardiography
- MeSH:
Chordae Tendineae;
Diagnosis;
Echocardiography, Doppler;
Heart Valves;
Humans;
Papillary Muscles;
Rupture;
Thorax*
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1999;29(10):1133-1137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Post-traumatic tricuspid insufficiency is a rare condition and may be clinically silent and imprecise. The diagnosis may be difficult when it progreses slowly and other acute lesions exist concomittantly. Two-dimenstional Doppler echocardiography appears to be an essential procedure in diagnosting the rupture of chordae tendineae or papillary muscle following traumatic injury. We report a case of tricuspid insufficiency of which symptom developed 8 years later following a blunt chest trauma. The patient was operated by tricuspid vlave repair with chordal replacement and ring annuloplasty successfully. We would like to emphasize that patients sustaining major thoracic trauma should be carefully examine for possible blunt chest trauma including cardiac valve rupture or tear.
