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Acute severe mitral regurgitation after blunt chest trauma
Author(s) -
Saric Petar,
Ravaee Benjamin D.,
Patel Toral R.,
Hoit Brian D.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13775
Subject(s) - medicine , chordae tendineae , blunt , cardiology , mitral regurgitation , blunt trauma , regurgitation (circulation) , surgery
Myocardial contusion and aortic injury are well‐known cardiac complications of blunt chest trauma, but valvular injury is rare. Traumatic valve injuries most commonly involve the aortic valve, with isolated mitral valve injury being quite rare. We report a case of acute severe mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendineae requiring surgical repair following a motor vehicle accident.