[A case of traumatic tricuspid regurgitation with bilateral pericardial laceration].
A case of traumatic tricuspid regurgitation with bilateral pericardial lacerations is presented. The patient was a 68-year-old male with a chief complaint of dyspnea on exertion, who had had chest contusion in an automobile accident 17 years before. Two dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a systolic prolapse of the tricuspid anterior leaflet resulting in massive regurgitation. The right atrial v wave was 25 mmHg. Intraoperative findings were as follows: Three healed tears of 4-6 cm long were present in the both sides of the pericardium. The chordae tendineae of the anterior leaflet were ruptured. The tricuspid valve was replaced with a SJM valve prosthesis. To our knowledge, no case of combined tricuspid insufficiency and bilateral pericardial laceration resulting from blunt injury has ever been reported.
Nakajima
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Japan.
Ohkado
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A
Hirota
J
J
Kainuma
Y
Y
Akiyama
K
K
Ichihara
T
T
D000368:Aged; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000293:injuries; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*