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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 2/2006

01-02-2006 | Correspondence

Acute liver failure as the first manifestation of severe traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency

Authors: Apostolos Koroneos, John Vlachogiannakos, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Georgios Tassopoulos, Panagiotis Politis, Ioannis Floros, Charis Roussos

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2006

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Excerpt

Sir, Traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency is a rare complication of cardiac involvement in blunt chest trauma [1]. Most of the patients have a delayed onset of dyspnea and fatigue. We report a case of acute liver failure as the first manifestation of traumatic rupture of the tricuspid valve apparatus. …
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Metadata
Title
Acute liver failure as the first manifestation of severe traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency
Authors
Apostolos Koroneos
John Vlachogiannakos
Konstantinos Stamoulis
Georgios Tassopoulos
Panagiotis Politis
Ioannis Floros
Charis Roussos
Publication date
01-02-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-0026-0

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