THE JOURNAL OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER

TEHRAN HEART CENTER
185 Post-Traumatic Chordae Rupture of
Tricuspid Valve
Kyomars Abbasi, MD, Hossein Ahmadi, MD, Arezoo
Zoroufian, MD, Mohammad Sahebjam, MD, Naghmeh
Moshtaghi, MD, Seyed Hessamedin Abbasi, MD *
Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran.
*
Seyed-Hesameddin Abbasi, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran Heart Center, North Kargar Street,
Tehran, Iran. 1411713138. Tel: +98 21 88029720. Fax: +98 21
88029702. E-mail: abbasi@tehranheartcenter.org.
The two cases presented herein demonstrate
that the rupture of the chordae tendineae of the
tricuspid valve could be another cause of TR following
blunt chest trauma. This is, however, a condition that
can be repaired surgically without the need for valve
replacement. Advances in echocardiography have
enabled earlier diagnosis and ergo more effective
treatment.
We recommend that physicians working at
emergency departments be on the alert for this
potential complication of non-penetrating chest trauma
and subject all patients admitted to the emergency
department due to blunt chest trauma to TTE or TEE
for accurate diagnosis.
The LV pseudoaneurysm is an important
complication that may occur late after MVR and
thus necessitates due heed on the part of cardiologists
and cardiac surgeons.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
191 A Memorandum of "World Heart Day
2012": Myocardial Infarction Mortality in
Women in Birjand, 2008-2009
Toba Kazemi, MD, Gholam Reza Sharifzadeh, MSc
Valiassr Hospital, Birjand University of Medical Sciences
(BUMS), Birjand, Iran.
*
Toba Kazemi, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Birjand
University of Medical Sciences (BUMS), Valiassr Hospital, Ghafari
Avenue, Birjand, Iran. 9717964151. Tel: +98 56 14443001-9. Fax:
+98 56 14433004. E-mail: drtooba.kazemi@gmail.com.
192 Ball in Chest
PHOTO CLININC
Mohammad Bagher Rahim, MD, Mohammad Hossein
Mandegar, MD, Farideh Roshanali, MD *
Shariati General Hospital, Tehran University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
188 Late Diagnosis of Large Left Ventricular
Pseudoaneurysm after Mitral Valve
Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass
Surgery by Real-Time Three-Dimensional
Echocardiography
*
Farideh Roshanali, Shriati Hospital, North Kargar Street,
Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98 912 3093151. Fax: +98 21 88797353. E-mail:
farideh_roshanali@yahoo.com.
Mohammad Sahebjam, MD * , Abbas Salehiomran, MD, Neda
Ghaffari-Marandi, MD, Azam Safir, MD
Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran.
*
Mohammad Sahebjam, Assistant Professor of Cardiology,
Echocardiography Department, Tehran Heart Center, Jalal Al Ahmad
and North Kargar Intersection, Tehran, Iran. 1411713138. Tel: +98 21
88029600. Fax: +98 21 88029731. E-mail: msahebjam@yahoo.com.