Mitral regurgitation as a late sequela of penetrating cardiac trauma

Wilson, W.R.; Coyne, J.T.; Greer, G.E.; Wilson, W.R; Coyne, J.T; Greer, G.E

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Mitral regurgitation as a late sequela of penetrating cardiac trauma

Wilson, W.R.; Coyne, J.T.; Greer, G.E.

Journal of Heart Valve Disease 6(2): 171-173

1997

ISSN/ISBN: 0966-8519

PMID: 9130126

Document Number: 476976

A case of mitral regurgitation due to a stab wound to the heart in a nine-year-old boy is presented. The initial injury did not require operative intervention and was treated with closed tube thoracostomy alone. After six years and the development of progressive mitral insufficiency, a two-centimeter defect in the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve was repaired with a pericardial patch. He had an uneventful recovery and no regurgitation is present five years following the repair.