Detection of flail tricuspid valve many years after blunt chest trauma.
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.
Gulel
Okan
O
Department of Cardiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. okangulel@hotmail.com
Demir
Serdar
S
Gol
Mehmet Kamil
MK
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*