Three-dimensional echocardiography of a flail tricuspid valve

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1996 Jan-Feb;9(1):91-3. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(96)90109-1.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man with an old myocardial infarction and blunt chest trauma 2 years previously came to our hospital with increasing dyspnea. Three-dimensional echocardiography was performed and a ruptured papillary muscle with flail anterior tricuspid valve was demonstrated from a surgical perspective (electronic atriotomy). These findings were confirmed during open-heart surgery with close similarity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Dyspnea / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Heart Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Papillary Muscles / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Injuries
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating