title: Mitral valve incompetence following blunt chest trauma after mitral valve repair. Recognition by three-dimensional echocardiography.
abstract: We present a unique case of mitral incompetence following blunt chest trauma in a 46-year-old woman who had undergone successful mitral valve repair 2 years before the accident. Three-dimensional echocardiography revealed the precise pathology, with partial avulsion of the annuloplasty ring and rupture of chordae tendineae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany. wolfgang.goetz@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Goetz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wahba
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Pandian
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000293:injuries*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*