title: Detection of flail tricuspid valve many years after blunt chest trauma.
abstract: Posttraumatic tricuspid insufficiency is a rare clinical entity that is mostly associated with traffic accidents causing nonpenetrating chest wall injury. Here we report a patient with a flail tricuspid valve detected many years after blunt chest trauma at work place.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. okangulel@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gulel
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Mehmet Kamil
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Gol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*