title: Spontaneous closure of a traumatic ventricular septal defect after blunt trauma documented by serial echocardiography.
abstract: A ventricular septal defect (caused by blunt chest trauma) that closed spontaneously over a period of 5 years was documented by serial echo-Doppler examinations. The shunt was relatively small and the patient was without symptoms from the time the lesion was discovered until its closure. In the absence of cardiac decompensation or pulmonary hypertension, a conservative approach, including serial echo-Doppler examinations, can be justified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ilia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wanderman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gueron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000293:injuries; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*