[A case of death due to mitral regurgitation caused by traumatic mitral valve injury].
A 51-year-old male, who had been driving a motor bicycle, was involved in a traffic accident with a trailer, and he died immediately after the accident. According to the external examination of the victim, no fatal injuries were found. The medico-legal autopsy revealed a rupture of the left side of the pericardium, and a tear of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve. There were no injuries of the papillary muscles and chordae. The cause of death was due to traumatic mitral regurgitation.
Iwasaki
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Y
Department of Legal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kojima
T
T
Yasui
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W
Nagasawa
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N
Yashiki
M
M
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D012421:Rupture / Q000150:complications