Citation

Thors A, Guarneri R, Costantini EN, Richmond GJ. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2007; 83(6): 2207-2210.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, USA. amy_engel@trihealth.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.12.075

PMID

17532430

Abstract

This is a report of a patient with an atrial septal defect with right-to-left shunting, flail tricuspid valve, and complete heart block secondary to blunt chest trauma after a motor vehicle accident. The patient surgically repaired with pericardial recreation of atrial septum, bioprosthetic tricuspid valve replacement, and pacemaker insertion. The patient had minimal problems during the hospital course and subsequently made a full postsurgical recovery.

Language: en