Pediatric transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of acute disruption of the mitral valve following blunt thoracic trauma: case report

D M Coleman; P N Cox; J Dyck; A J Razzouk; I M Rebeyka

doi:10.1097/00005373-199401000-00026

Pediatric transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of acute disruption of the mitral valve following blunt thoracic trauma: case report

J Trauma. 1994 Jan;36(1):135-6. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199401000-00026.

Authors

D M Coleman¹, P N Cox, J Dyck, A J Razzouk, I M Rebeyka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 8295242
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199401000-00026

Abstract

Disruption of the mitral valve following blunt thoracic trauma has been only occasionally reported. A case of a pediatric patient with this complication is presented and the value of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management is documented.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Child
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Injuries / complications
Heart Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Injuries / etiology
Heart Injuries / surgery
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve / injuries*
Rupture
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / etiology
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery