title: Three-dimensional echocardiography of a flail tricuspid valve.
abstract: A 71-year-old man with an old myocardial infarction and blunt chest trauma 2 years previously came to our hospital with increasing dyspnea. Three-dimensional echocardiography was performed and a ruptured papillary muscle with flail anterior tricuspid valve was demonstrated from a surgical perspective (electronic atriotomy). These findings were confirmed during open-heart surgery with close similarity.
authors.affiliation: Thocaxcentre, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trocino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salustri
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roelandt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ansink
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Herwerden
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013898:Thoracic Injuries; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating