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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:247-248
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Traumatic left ventricular aneurysm and tricuspid insufficiency in a child

Ramesh S. Veeragandham, MDa, Carl L. Backer, MDa, Constantine Mavroudis, MDa, Allen D. Wilson, MDa

a Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Accepted for publication January 27, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Backer, Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Children’s Memorial Hospital, M/C #22, 2300 Children’s Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614

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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