Traumatic left ventricular aneurysm and tricuspid insufficiency in a child.

Veeragandham, R S; Backer, C L; Mavroudis, C; Wilson, A D · Ann Thorac Surg · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a rare combination of left ventricular aneurysm and severe tricuspid valve insufficiency in a 9-year-old boy who sustained blunt chest trauma in a motor vehicle accident. The child underwent successful aneurysmorrhaphy and tricuspid valve replacement 9 months after the accident.

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