Traumatic tricuspid regurgitation with cyanosis: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This case report demonstrates the utility of transesophageal echocardiography in the rapid diagnosis of cardiac injury from blunt thoracic trauma. Initial transesophageal echocardiography identified a flail tricuspid valve leaflet and regurgitation in a patient with jugular venous distention and hemodynamic instability. Progressive hypoxemia prompted repeat transesophageal echocardiography with contrast enhancement, which revealed opening of the foramen ovale and a right-to-left interatrial shunt. Operative repair of the lesion was lifesaving.
Medical subject headings
- Echocardiography, Transesophageal
- Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency