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J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)
; 34(1): 69-71, 1993 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8482709
ABSTRACT
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.