Open AccessIsolated chronic tricuspid insufficiency due to closed chest trauma: Report of a case with long‐term follow‐up
Author(s) -
Vijayanagar R.,
Bognolo D. A.,
Harrison E.,
Raju B. M.,
Eckstein P. F.,
Sbar S.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960020508
Subject(s) - medicine , tricuspid insufficiency , tricuspid valve insufficiency , term (time) , tricuspid valve , surgery , cardiology , physics , quantum mechanics
A case of isolated chronic tricuspid insufficiency due to closed chest trauma is described in this report. Studies for carcinoid syndrome were negative. At surgery the posterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve appeared to be torn and disrupted. The other leaflets were shortened and atrophic. The results of pre‐ and postoperative cardiac catheterization with long‐term follow‐up to the present, and the available literature on this rare entity has been briefly reviewed.