Mitral valve repair in severe mitral regurgitation after blunt chest trauma. 2022

Francisco M Rincón-Tello, and Javier D Maldonado-Escalante, and Jennifer A Sánchez-Rojas, and Carlos J Pérez-Rivera, and Laura Serna
Cardiac Surgery Department, Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

Mitral valve insufficiency is a pathological condition frequently caused by etiologies such as rheumatic heart disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, leaflets prolapse, endocarditis, rupture of a chordae tendineae, ventricular disorders or congenital heart defects among others. Nevertheless, blunt thoracic trauma, although as a rare cause, can produce valve abnormalities. We describe a case of surgical mitral valve repair of a severe insufficiency caused by blunt chest trauma in a high energy road motorbike accident.

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