title: Severe liver rupture and tricuspid valve rupture in a patient with multiple trauma.
abstract: A patient with a severe liver injury and an acute cardiac failure due to a traumatic tricuspid valve failure is presented. During liver surgery, massive venous bleeding was caused by regurgitation of blood through the insufficient tricuspid valve. Right ventricular failure, leading to persistent hemodynamic instability, and caused by massive posttraumatic tricuspid regurgitation, has been treated with biological valve replacement. Diagnosis and management of posttraumatic tricuspid insufficiency are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Emergency Surgery, University Hospitals, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Janzing
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rommens
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Flameng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aerts
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lauwers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Broos
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D012421:Rupture; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology