Abstract

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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