Traumatic mitral insufficiency complicating blunt chest trauma treated medically: A case report and review

Cardiac injury is the most common unsuspected visceral injury responsible for death in fatally injured accident victims (1). Cardiac involvement occurs in 6% to 76% of cases of blunt trauma, and can result in a wide spectrum of clinical problems (1, 2). Complete papillary muscle rupture following bl...

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