Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2000 Jan;13(1):64-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(00)90045-2.

Tricuspid insufficiency and interatrial septum rupture: a cause of persistent systemic hypoxemia after blunt chest trauma

J Pereira  1 , J M Oliver, M Mateos, F Cerrón, E Maseda, D Cabestrero, J A Sobrino
Affiliations
Case Reports

Tricuspid insufficiency and interatrial septum rupture: a cause of persistent systemic hypoxemia after blunt chest trauma

J Pereira et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2000 Jan.

Abstract

The case of a 45-year-old man with severe tricuspid insufficiency and interatrial septum rupture caused by a car accident is described. The patient had a rupture of the anterior papillary muscle of the tricuspid valve and right-to-left shunt through an interatrial defect with severe hypoxemia that was difficult to distinguish from that caused by pulmonary damage. Transesophageal echocardiography was extremely useful for early diagnosis.

PubMed Disclaimer

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources