Tricuspid insufficiency due to nonpenetrating trauma.
This case of tricuspid insufficiency due to nonpenetrating trauma involved a male patient who had received major chest trauma in an automobile accident, had a nonholosystolic murmur that increased slightly during inspiration on standing, and tranient electrocardiographic findings of right bundle branch block. Unlike findings in previous cases, the right atrial V wave was not dominant and was less than 8 mm Hg. An echocardiogram indicating right ventricular volume overload was an essential diagnostic tool that led to cardiac catheterization and definitive diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*