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G Ital Cardiol
; 29(11): 1337-9, 1999 Nov.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10609138
ABSTRACT
A rare case of traumatic rupture of chordae tendineae with tricuspid regurgitation is described. The rupture occurred later trauma, with an unusual mechanism, in fact it has been produced by the strangling of valvular apparatus. This strangling occurred because heart's displacement in left thorax trough a pleural-pericardial window caused by trauma.