title: Successful surgical management of rupture of the left ventricle and interventricular septum due to blunt chest trauma. Case report.
abstract: In a 35-year-old man blunt chest trauma caused rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle and the interventricular septum. Emergency pulse Doppler-2D echocardiography confirmed the clinical suspicion and immediate surgical repair was successfully undertaken. This appears to be the first reported case of survival after surgery for such combined cardiac rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Nácher
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marín-Huerta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Epeldegui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jimenez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*