Fujiwara T, Murakami T, Kanazawa S, Katsumura T
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Cardiovasc Surg. 1996 Jun;4(3):408-9. doi: 10.1016/0967-2109(95)00091-7.
A case of traumatic rupture of the tricuspid chordae tendineae with severe regurgitation in a patient who previously had mitral valve replacement is presented. In this case, it is strongly suggested that a firm pericardial adhesion of the anterior right ventricular wall became a factor of the disruption of the tricuspid valve under a slight precordial blow.