Citation

Kleikamp G, Schnepper U, Körtke H, Breymann T, Körfer R. Chest 1992; 102(4): 1294-1296.

Affiliation

Herzzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik, Ruhruniversität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American College of Chest Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1395792

Abstract

Valvular lesions following blunt thoracic trauma are uncommon. Tricuspid valve regurgitation occurs very rarely. We report a successful tricuspid valve reconstruction for rupture of the chordae tendineae in a young man nine years after a motor vehicle accident. The value of echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis and quantification of this valve lesion is stressed.

Language: en