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JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 143-146Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2009.04.007
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Tricuspid regurgitation; Echocardiography; Transthoracic; Traumatic
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A 19-year-old mate was admitted to the emergency room of our hospital after a motor vehicle accident. During his first physical examination, a holosystolic murmur was heard at the fourth left parasternal border. Transthoracic echocardiography showed severe tricuspid insufficiency, but the cause of tricuspid insufficiency was unclear. Therefore, three-dimensional echocardiography was performed and demonstrated flail anterior, posterior and septal. leaflets of the tricuspid valve. The diagnosis was tricuspid insufficiency due to papillary muscle rupture secondary to chest blunt trauma. Surgical repair of the tricuspid valve was performed in this patient. After surgery, the signs and symptoms of right ventricular heart failure were relieved. In this case, three-dimensional echocardiography was very useful for the evaluation of spatial destruction of the tricuspid valve and papillary muscle. (C) 2009 Japanese College of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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