Ruptured chordae tendineae of the posterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve as a cause of tricuspid regurgitation following blunt chest trauma

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-98

  Dos Santos Jr , José ^a   De Marchi, Carlos H ^a   Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a,b   Corbucci, Helio A R ^a   Pavarino, Paulo R ^a  

^a School of Nursing   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Traumatic heart injury; Tricuspid incompetence; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VEIN COMPLIANCE;

CHILD; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0034972647     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(01)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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