[Rupture of the intraventricular septum and free wall of the left ventricle secondary to non-penetrating thoracic injury. Doppler echocardiography diagnosis].
The heart is often injured in the setting of blunt chest trauma with a broad spectrum of cardiac lesions. We present a twenty-nine years old man with interventricular septal and rupture and left ventricular free wall rupture following chest trauma. Doppler echocardiography was essential in the diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. We concluded that Doppler-echocardiography must be performed in all patients with suspicion of cardiac affectation after blunt chest trauma.
Jiménez Mena
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Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
Moya Mur
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Martínez Martínez
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Asin Cardiel
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Barrios Alonso
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Hernández Madrid
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Epeldegui
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D000328:Adult; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*
Rotura de septo interventricular y pared libre de ventrículo izquierdo secundaria a traumatismo torácico no penetrante. Diagnóstico por ecocardiografía Doppler.