Korean Circ J.  1999 Oct;29(10):1133-1137. 10.4070/kcj.1999.29.10.1133.

Tricuspid Insufficiency Detected 8 Years Later Following a Blunt Chest Trauma

• Kim YJ
• Moon KS
• Kim JS
• Hwang HK

• KMID: 2093728
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1999.29.10.1133

Abstract

Post-traumatic tricuspid insufficiency is a rare condition and may be clinically silent and imprecise. The diagnosis may be difficult when it progreses slowly and other acute lesions exist concomittantly. Two-dimenstional Doppler echocardiography appears to be an essential procedure in diagnosting the rupture of chordae tendineae or papillary muscle following traumatic injury. We report a case of tricuspid insufficiency of which symptom developed 8 years later following a blunt chest trauma. The patient was operated by tricuspid vlave repair with chordal replacement and ring annuloplasty successfully. We would like to emphasize that patients sustaining major thoracic trauma should be carefully examine for possible blunt chest trauma including cardiac valve rupture or tear.

Keyword

Blunt chest trauma; Tricuspid insufficiency; Tricuspid valve repair; Doppler echocardiography

MeSH Terms

Chordae Tendineae
Diagnosis
Echocardiography, Doppler
Heart Valves
Humans
Papillary Muscles
Rupture
Thorax*