title: Cardiac rupture from blunt trauma with atrial septal defect.
abstract: A review of the literature disclosed 63 survivors of cardiac chamber rupture from blunt trauma, with no mention of associated atrial septal defect. I treated a 17-year-old girl and a 33-year-old man who survived cardiac rupture from motor vehicle accidents, both of whom were discovered postoperatively on echocardiography to have atrial septal defects.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Baumgartel
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D012622:Seat Belts; D015996:Survival Rate; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*