Coleman D M, Cox P N, Dyck J, Razzouk A J, Rebeyka I M
Department of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Trauma. 1994 Jan;36(1):135-6. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199401000-00026.
Disruption of the mitral valve following blunt thoracic trauma has been only occasionally reported. A case of a pediatric patient with this complication is presented and the value of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management is documented.