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Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:821-822
© 1991 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Traumatic mitral valve rupture in a child

^a Department of Surgery, The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland
^b Royal Belfast Hospital For Sick Children Belfast, Northern Ireland
^c Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Accepted for publication October 18, 1990.

^_* Address reprint requests to Mr McCrory, Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Science, The Queen's University of Belfast, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BJ Northern Ireland.

The case of a 6-year-old boy who ruptured his mitral valve after blunt chest trauma and who subsequently had successful mitral valve replacement with a size 25 St. Jude Medical prosthesis is reported. The diagnosis, investigation, and treatment of traumatic valvar rupture are discussed.

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