title: Tricuspid valve chordal rupture after a motorbike accident.
abstract: Cardiac valve injury, a condition that can follow blunt thoracic trauma, has a wide range of clinical presentations, depending on the structures involved. Post-traumatic tricuspid regurgitation is relatively rare, caused by increase in intrathoracic pressure when the tricuspid valve leaflets close, leading to rupture of the chordae tendineae. A case of severe tricuspid regurgitation due to chordal rupture presenting with atrial flutter following a motorbike accident is described in the present report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey. oguzkaraca@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Oğuz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Günhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Özyüksel
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atıf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akçevin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult