Acute mitral insufficiency resulting from blunt chest trauma
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Acute aortic and mitral valve regurgitation following blunt chest trauma.
Traumatic rupture of intracardiac structures is an uncommon phenomenon although there are a number of reports with regards to rupture of the tricuspid, mitral and aortic valves. We report the case of a 25-year-old patient who presented with acute aortic and mitral valve regurgitation of traumatic origin. Both lesions were seen separated by 2 weeks. Pathophysiology is reviewed. The combination o...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)37520-8