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Peri‐mitral ventriculoatrial fistula after blunt thoracic trauma
Author(s) -
Parsaee Mozhgan,
Saedi Sedigheh,
Porkia Roghieh
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.13903
Subject(s) - blunt , medicine , mitral regurgitation , blunt trauma , surgery , thoracic trauma , penetrating trauma , cardiothoracic surgery , cardiology
Blunt trauma to the chest can damage any thoracic organ. Heart valve damage and particularly mitral apparatus occurs relatively rare, and the patients are expected to become acutely symptomatic. However, in patients with multiple traumas, other dominant severe damages tend to draw away the attention of the physicians resulting in neglect of less salient heart injuries. Here, we present a patient with history of blunt chest trauma and incidental finding of posttraumatic severe mitral regurgitation.