title: Traumatic tricuspid valve injury: leaflet resuspension repair.
abstract: Blunt traumatic rupture of the tricuspid valve is exceedingly uncommon, and injury of the tricuspid valve due to penetrating trauma appears to be even more rare. Presented here is a case of tricuspid valve injury due to penetrating cardiac trauma repaired by leaflet resuspension 17 years later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236-5300, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bolton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*