Bayezid O, Mete A, Türkay C, Yanat F, Değer N, Işin E
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1993 Feb;34(1):69-71.
The insufficiency of the tricuspid valve developed due to blunt chest trauma is a rare and an insidiously progressing clinical incident. In this article we present a case which showed tricuspid insufficiency because of the rupture of the anterior papillary muscle due to trauma and which was treated surgically.