title: Traumatic mitral valve rupture in a child.
abstract: The case of a 6-year-old boy who ruptured his mitral valve after blunt chest trauma and who subsequently had successful mitral valve replacement with a size 25 St. Judge Medical prosthesis is reported. The diagnosis, investigation, and treatment of traumatic valvar rupture are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCrory
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: O'Kane
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy