Severe Isolated Tricuspid Insufficiency due to Tricuspid Papillary Muscle Rupture after a Fall From a Horse: Treatment with Port Access Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Kürsad Öz; Yousef Mayeran; Frank Van Praet; Jose Codens; Hugo Vanerman

doi:10.1532/HSF98.2014311

Severe Isolated Tricuspid Insufficiency due to Tricuspid Papillary Muscle Rupture after a Fall From a Horse: Treatment with Port Access Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

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Kürsad Öz
Yousef Mayeran
Frank Van Praet
Jose Codens
Hugo Vanerman

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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.2014311

Abstract

We report on the successful treatment of tricuspid valve insufficiency due to blunt chest injury using port-access minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The optimal surgical treatment of traumatic valvular insufficiency is discussed, including a brief review of the relevant literature.

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2014-05-07

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Öz, K., Mayeran, Y., Van Praet, F., Codens, J., & Vanerman, H. (2014). Severe Isolated Tricuspid Insufficiency due to Tricuspid Papillary Muscle Rupture after a Fall From a Horse: Treatment with Port Access Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. The Heart Surgery Forum, 17(2), E91-E92. https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.2014311

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2014)

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