Traumatic Tricuspid Regurgitation and Acute Hearth Failure after Blunt Chest Trauma: 1 Case.
- Author:
Dong Pil KIM
;
Myoung Chun KIM
;
Young Gwan KO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Contusions;
Diagnosis;
Echocardiography;
Heart;
Heart Failure;
Humans;
Multiple Trauma;
Rupture;
Thorax*;
Tricuspid Valve;
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency*
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2000;11(3):401-405
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Blunt chest trauma to the heart may produce instantaneous death or, more frequently, congestive heart failure due to myocardial injury or disruption of intracardiac structures. Cardiac injury following by blunt chest trauma is often unsuspected and can range from cardiac contusion to chamber rupture, or to valvular dysfunction. The rate of occurrence of acute traumatic valvular insufficiency is extremely rare. Especially, the tricuspid valve is very rarely injured. Although clinical diagnosis of acute traumatic valvular insufficiency can be difficult to make for trauma patients with multiple injuries, echocardiography can establish diagnosis quickly and accurately. This report describes a patient who developed tricuspid regurgitation and acute heart failure following by an MCV.
