title: Pediatric transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of acute disruption of the mitral valve following blunt thoracic trauma: case report.
abstract: Disruption of the mitral valve following blunt thoracic trauma has been only occasionally reported. A case of a pediatric patient with this complication is presented and the value of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management is documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dyck
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Razzouk
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rebeyka
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery