Severe traumatic tricuspid insufficiency detected 10 years after blunt chest trauma
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Traumatic Tricuspid Valve Rupture after Blunt Chest Trauma - A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
INTRODUCTION Despite the high frequency of thoracic injuries secondary to traffic related accidents, the blunt cardiac valve rupture is extremely rare. METHOD Case report and review of the literature using PubMed/MEDLINE and EMBASE databases. RESULT A 38 year old female patient, victim of car accident was admitted. On primary survey the patient was conscious, cooperative and hemodynamic and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Research in Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1861-0684,1861-0692
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-010-0219-6